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ELT Group and Thales announce the establishment of a Joint Venture in naval Electronic Warfare for the export market

Company 04 November 2026

ELT Group and Thales DMS formally announce the establishment of a joint venture, equally owned by the two companies.
The joint venture, named ‘Thales ELT Naval EW Solutions’, is set to strengthen ELT and Thales position and to be a leading European company in Naval Electronic Warfare (EW), to address the opportunities arising from this rapidly growing strategic market and to accelerate the development of advanced solutions for the protection of naval platforms.

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ELT Group and Thales announce the establishment of a Joint Venture
in naval Electronic Warfare for the export market

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