Thales unveils new generation of optronic devices

24th June 2020 - 16:00 GMT | by Flavia Camargos Pereira in London

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With demand worldwide on the rise from armies for sensors that enhance situational awareness on the front line, Thales France has launched two new EO devices in its Sophie family.

The Nellie NVG and Optima camera/target locator were unveiled in a 26 June webinar. Company officials described these systems as a new generation of sensors with enhanced capabilities.

‘We put inside these products the state-of-the-art technologies in order to allow the user to face the challenges of the new operational paradigm and high-intensity combat,’ explained Pascal Secretin, Thales' product director for imagers and sensors.

Optima is an IR camera/target locator designed

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