Aerospace Monitoring

Thales is pressing ahead with development of TALIOS, which the French company claims is the first optronic pod to properly combine intelligence-gathering with weapons delivery. Both TALIOS and the larger AREOS reconnaissance pod, which it also claims has some unique features, are designed for the Dassault Rafale combat jet–and both have attracted export orders from the Middle East. TALIOS is an acronym for Targeting Long-range Identification Optronic System. It is a follow-on from the company’s…