THALES UNDERWATER SYSTEMS' s wide range of products and systems, 
for submarines, surface vessels, minecountermeasures vessels, 
and aircraft, include hull mounted, variable depth, towed and dipping sonars, 
sonobuoys and sonobuoy processing systems; torpedo homing heads; 
communication masts and antennas, and a complete range of customer support services. 

In addition to its naval activities, the sonar subsidiary is 
generating an increasing volume of commercial business 
in fields such as seismic streamers for offshore oil operations, 
and is continuing to diversify to meet growing demand.

As main supplier to the French Navy, THALES UNDERWATER SYSTEMS 
is the world's major exporter of sonar systems, which are used by 
more than 40 different Navies throughout the world.