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Thales Training & Simulation.


Alex Nick, president

Thales Training and Simulation has been in the training systems business for over 50 years. Part of The Thales Group The Thales Group (Euronext: HO) is a major French electronics company delivering mission-critical information systems and services for the Aerospace, Defense, and Security markets.  (formerly Thomson-CSF), TT&S has facilities in the United Kingdom, France, and the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . The company builds, upgrades and services both military and civil simulators for land, sea and air vehicles. These trainers range in complexity from desktop aids to complex full mission simulators.

TT&S has built many simulators for fighter aircraft fighter aircraft

Aircraft designed primarily to secure control of essential airspace by destroying enemy aircraft in combat. Designed for high speed and maneuverability, they are armed with weapons capable of striking other aircraft in flight.
, such as the F-16 (American), Harrier (Anglo-American), Mirage (French) and Tornado (Anglo-German), in addition to producing trainers for all current airliners. The TT&S product line also includes transport aircraft, tactical aircraft and helicopter trainers for customers worldwide, including the military services of Great Britain, France and the U.S.

This international training specialist is also involved in the land weapons simulation market, producing simulators for tanks, missiles, guns, an array of infantry weapons and other vehicles. Trainers for seaborne sea·borne  
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1. Conveyed by sea; transported by ship.

2. Carried on or over the sea.


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Adjective

1. carried on or by the sea

2.
 equipment have included submarine and warship warship, any ship built or armed for naval combat. The forerunners of the modern warship were the men-of-war of the 18th and early 19th cent., such as the ship of the line, frigate, corvette, sloop of war (see sloop), brig, and cutter.  control rooms.
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Publication:National Defense
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Date:Nov 1, 2001
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