Thomson Marconi Sonar

Thomson Marconi Sonar Ltd.
Fate	Renamed Thales Underwater Systems
Successor	Thales Underwater Systems
Founded	1990
Defunct	October 2001
Headquarters	Weybridge, United Kingdom

Thomson Marconi Sonar (TMS) was formed as Ferranti Thomson Sonar Systems (FTSS) in 1990 by the merger of the sonar systems businesses of Thomson-CSF and Ferranti. The head office of FTSS was at Cheadle Heath, Stockport, with subsidiary sites in Church Crookham, Hampshire, Weymouth, Dorset, Bridlington, Yorkshire and Rochester (this site was an ex GEC site).

GEC acquired Ferranti's share of the business in 1995 to form Thomson Marconi Sonar.

With the merger of GEC's defence business Marconi Electronic Systems and British Aerospace in 1999, the resulting BAE Systems acquired Marconi's 49.9% share in TMS. BAE (through an options agreement) forced Thomson, renamed Thales, to purchase its stake in 2001. The company was renamed Thales Underwater Systems.

Products

Submarine sonar and surface ship sonar
Minehunter sonar
Airborne acoustic processors and dipping sonars (helicopter applications)
Sonar support systems and trainers
Communication systems

Thales Group

Divisions and subsidiaries	Thales Air Defence Thales Australia Thales Communications Thales Navigation Thales Nederland Thales Optronics Thales Rail Signalling Solutions Thales Training & Simulation Thales Underwater Systems

Joint ventures	DCNS (25%) Eurosam (33%) Soteria Search and Rescue Telespazio (33%) Thales Alenia Space (67%) ThalesRaytheonSystems (50%)

Products	AN/PRC-148 Blowpipe Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicle Hawkei Digital Joint Reconnaissance Pod Eurocat Goalkeeper CIWS Javelin Lightweight Multirole Missile MW08 S1850M SelTrac SMART-L Sonar 2087 Starstreak SWARM Watchkeeper WK450

Predecessors	Racal Thomson-CSF Thomson Marconi Sonar

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Former subsidiaries and divisions

Former joint ventures

Predecessors and acquisitions

Successors

Products

Computers	GEC 2050 GEC 4000 series GEC Series 63 OS4000

Locomotives	British Rail Class 91 GEC Stephenson locomotive South African Class 4E South African Class 9E, Series 1 South African Class 9E, Series 2 South African Class 10E1, Series 1 South African Class 10E1, Series 2

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