Episodes

  • Unlocking Thales’ TrUE AI – a transparent, understandable and ethical approach to battle-ready artificial intelligence

    Unlocking Thales’ TrUE AI – a transparent, understandable and ethical approach to battle-ready artificial intelligence
    Oct 9 2023
    This podcast features Nick Ernest, the North American Expert on AI for Thales, discussing Thales’ unique approach to artificial intelligence, why it’s significantly different from other forms of AI on the market and how it can safely enhance the performance of U.S. military helicopter crews operating on tomorrow’s battlefield. The U.S. military is counting on this futuristic technology to play a significant role in its modernization efforts and enhance its effectiveness in potential conflicts.
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    8 mins
  • Eco-Friendly Bank Cards for Cleaner Oceans

    Eco-Friendly Bank Cards for Cleaner Oceans
    Sep 19 2023
    The 10-minute podcast features Paul Kobos (Banking Solutions Expert) talking about the Thales’ eco-friendly banking card effort – a global program aimed at drastically reducing the amount of harmful plastics used in standard payment cards from polluting the world’s oceans. Last year, Thales produced about 25 million eco-friendly payment cards using a byproduct of field corn and recycled plastics.
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    10 mins
  • The Fix for Calling in Airstrikes on a GPS-denied Battlefield

    The Fix for Calling in Airstrikes on a GPS-denied Battlefield
    Jun 26 2023
    The podcast features Kristopher Chester, a former U.S. Special Operations targeting expert, talk about how Thales has a new tech can help today’s special operators and other ground combat forces call in precision fires against enemy targets on a GPS-denied battlefield – a critical challenging the U.S. military must overcome on the future battlefield.
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    9 mins
  • Designing a Home for Future Lunar Astronauts

    Designing a Home for Future Lunar Astronauts
    Apr 17 2023
    In this episode Franco Fenoglio, Head of Human Planetary Exploration at Thales Alenia Space, describes the specialized living quarters that Thales Alenia Space is designing for astronauts of the Artemis mission – NASA’s official return to lunar exploration after the Apollo Mission ended more than five decades ago. These pressurized habitat modules will be a vital part of the Artemis mission’s Lunar Gateway, which will serve as an outpost orbiting the Moon to support sustainable, long-term human life on the lunar surface, as well as a staging point for deep space exploration.
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    21 mins
  • Hunting Enemy Submarines with Sonar

    Hunting Enemy Submarines with Sonar
    Apr 3 2023
    In this episode, we talk to Mark Bock Mark, former U.S. Navy captain and Vice President for Strategy at Advanced Acoustic Concepts (AAC) talks about how Thales and AAC are helping the Navy become more efficient at hunting enemy submarines. Mark describes what the CAPTAS-4 Variable Depth Sonar brings to the Navy’s newest Frigate— and how it will help it locate enemy subs hiding in depths that other sonars in the fleet cannot penetrate.
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    9 mins
  • Digital IDs for Reduced Airport Wait Times

    Digital IDs for Reduced Airport Wait Times
    Feb 27 2023
    This episode explores how Thales’ Digital ID technology is being used in an American Airlines pilot program that’s designed to dramatically reduce the time travelers waste standing in TSA screening lines at airports around the country. Amol Deshmukh, the North American expert for Digital ID and Biometrics at Thales, describes how Thales creates secure, smartphone-based driver’s licenses and passports so eligible passengers no longer need to show their physical ID during TSA screenings.
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    9 mins
  • Creating a Connected Battlefield: Giving Canadian Armed Forces the Digital Edge

    Creating a Connected Battlefield: Giving Canadian Armed Forces the Digital Edge
    Jan 26 2023
    Thales’ COBALT Mission Backbone is an interconnected system of systems designed to meet the Canadian Armed Forces’ ambitious mission needs – now and into the future. Embodying innovation and collaboration, COBALT combines the best solutions from Thales and Canadian small- and medium-sized businesses to enable faster, better choices in decisive moments across the full spectrum of joint, pan-domain operations. Neil Marshall, a career signals officer with the Canadian Army, shares his passion for enabling the Canadian Armed Forces with advanced C4ISR capabilities and discusses how COBALT can serve as the backbone of the digital pivot the Canadian Army is seeking to make.
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    9 mins
  • The Future of Cybersecurity

    The Future of Cybersecurity
    Oct 5 2022
    Robert Burns, Chief Product Security Officer for Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing explores what we could expect to happen in a large-scale cyber-attack on North America, and the realities and myths of cyberattacks orchestrated by powerful nation states.
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    9 mins