Thales sign contract with Iraqi Civil Aviation Authority

Thales signed a contract with the Iraqi Civil Aviation Authority (ICAA) for the modernisation of Iraqi airspace.
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Thales will deliver a TopSky-ATC centre in Baghdad, in addition to the ATC centre equipped in Basra in 2007. 

This contract makes Thales’s TopSky-ATC the referenced air traffic control system in Iraq. 

Thales will also supply 3 latest generation RSM970S secondary radars to the ICAA, which will complement Iraqi air space coverage. 

This contract brings the total number Thales ATM centres and towers in the region to 16. In addition to the radar coverage provided to the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Egypt and Pakistan as well as the navaids which cover the entire region.

 

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