THE NEW RADAR FOR THE RAFALE MEUSE
REALMECA, specializing in high precision machine tools and sources of integration, celebrates 50 years
At the heart of the Argonne in the Meuse, REALMECA is a nugget. Recognized in the smaller circles, for its high-precision machine tools with numerical controls from two to seven axes but also its research and development sector, which opened the market to the aerospace defense.
Behind the white walls of buildings of the company founded by John Friess in 1962 and now run by his son Bertrand, security systems and limited access to rooms in succession. Homeland Security of the French state, keeps grain.
On the sidelines of the supply of machine tools for watchmaking, jewelery, health and indirectly leaders in luxury (Jaeger-LeCoultre, LVMH and Hermes), REALMECA embarked on co-development and integration projects secret defense. "To control the whole process and to avoid the slightest defect and thus manage the business risk that could jeopardize our work, cutting with high precision parts of steel, aluminum or titanium, we into account a complete process and buy electronic components to provide a room ready to use our customer, "says Bruno Gailly, the deputy CEO of REALMECA.
Thus by this approach, REALMECA has become an essential partner of Thales to provide complete systems for radar, cons-measures aircraft and homing missiles Exocet and Mica. "We have a special partnership," commented Jean Friess hosting the Defence Minister Gerard Longuet within its walls. He presented the great gift that REALMECA offered himself for 50 years with the complicity of Thales. After several years of research conducted with particular REALMECA, Thales has delivered its first new generation radar serial Dassault Aviation Rafale for the soon to be available to the Air Force. "We are in the production of this project for a year and is now on the plane. This is a great satisfaction, "says Bruno Gailly.
A TOLERANCE OF LESS THAN FIVE MICRONS
This radar is designed using AESA technology where the Active Phased Array replaces mechanical scanning. Only the Americans and the French master this technology. This is the end of the mechanical radar, which oscillates. Now there are 400 modules installed on the sensor head which substantially improves the performance of the radar: range increased by 50%, with an assurance of reliability for 10 years without maintenance, ability to function even if one module fails ...
If these orders and cards are produced by Thales, an electronics installs them on the part delivered by REALMECA. The Meuse machined components with a tolerance of less than five microns and assemble. "The set comes fully tested here. It saves time to set up our systems, "says CEO of Thales, Jean-Pascal-Arroud Vignod.
Today, the press celebrated the success of Thales as it offers France a technological breakthrough. Proud of the result, REALMECA is in shadow and in meets.
Sebastien GEORGES
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