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Consortium Meeting
Last Consortium Meeting of TALOS Project took place on October, 4th 2022 in Netherlands at TNO premices near Rotterdam.
Almost all partners of the Project and EDA project officer attended to this great event.
About 30 persons were physically or remotely present. The purpose of the meeting was to inform all participants of the obtained results so far and also to present remaining workplan until the upcoming end of the project.
Dissemination in SPIE Sensors+Imaging conference
MBDA France, TALOS partner, participated in the last SPIE Sensors+Imaging Conference in Berlin on September 7th 2022.
Results of vulnerability studies performed by MBDA France and AERTEC in the framework of the Project were presented.
Paper title: "High-energy laser experiments for vulnerability studies in the context of the European TALOS program".
Publication number : 12273-8.
Congratulations for the works performed and participation in this event !
Project Steering Committee at CILAS Premices
Work Package leaders of the TALOS project met at CILAS premices (Orléans, France) for the 11th Project Steerring Committee (PSC) which took place on 27th June 2022.
Everyone was happy to meet again as it was the first face-to-face PSC meeting since the beginning of COVID pandemic.
Of course, the project has not stopped in the meantime! Meetings were held remotely and the project was able to progress thanks to the work of each partner.
MidTerm Meeting
The MidTerm Meeting of TALOS project took place on May 20, 2021.
This online meeting was attended by all the participants of the Consortium and by EDA who was also invited. A total of 45 persons were present by videoconference. This meeting was dedicated to present the main results obtained up to now and to describe the remaining work plan until the end of the project. It was also the opportunity to have exchange with all the participants of the Consortium. EDA participant thanked all participants for the quality of their presentations and the deliverables submitted so far. Let’s continue in this way!
Our new partner is involved in design and making activities in the framework of one of the demonstrations planned in the Project.
Welcome to MBDA Germany in TALOS Consortium! - March 2021
As leader of TALOS Project, CILAS is pleased to announce that MBDA Germany jointed the Consortium in March 2021.
With more than 20 years of experience in the field of laser weapon research and already involved in Laser Direct Energy Weapon technology development programs, MBDA Germany will bring their strong experience to TALOS Project.
Our new partner is involved in design and making activities in the framework of one of the demonstrations planned in the Project.
We are very pleased to welcome MBDA Germany in our Consortium. Welcome aboard!
First Stakeholders Advisory Board workshop in January 2021!
The first Stakeholders Advisory Board (SAB) Workshop took place online on 12 and 14 January 2021 hosted by TNO, with the support of several work package leaders.
This important event was an opportunity to present the TALOS project to the SAB consisting of 16 industrial advisors (system integrators and components developers) from 12 companies to discuss the TALOS technological roadmap with the TALOS partners. The input provided by the stakeholders during the workshop will be used to update the roadmap. At a later stage, a second SAB Workshop will be organized in order to finalize the TALOS roadmap.
Minister of the French Armed Forces visits CILAS
CILAS was honoured to receive the Minister of the French Armed Forces on 31 January 2020. The TALOS project was presented to her.
First Work Package progress meeting at La Spezia, Italy
On 10 January 2020 was held the first TALOS project WP5 progress meeting in La Spezia, Italy. The team was welcomed by MBDA Italy.
Next meeting is planned on 21 February in Paris.
TALOS kick-off meeting at EDA
On 5 and 6 September 2019 the kick-off meeting of the TALOS project was held at the European Defence Agency (EDA).
The grant agreement for TALOS worth €5.4 million was signed on 26 July 2019 between EDA and the winning consortium led by CILAS.