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Thales wins air defence contract with Saudi Arabia

Thu Oct 11, 2007 2:30am EDT

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PARIS, Oct 11 (Reuters) - France's Thales (TCFP.PA) said on Thursday it has won a contract worth 125 million euros ($176.6 million) to supply an electronic air defence system to the Saudi Air Force.

The system, known as Al Madhallah (the Umbrella), comprises an electronic warfare centre with six regional hubs as well as mobile centres to train missile battery personnel, the statement said.

((Writing by Dominique Vidalon, editing by Greg Mahlich; Reuters Messaging: dominique.vidalon.reuters.com@reuters.net; e-mail: dominique.vidalon@reuters.com; tel: +33 1 49495432))

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