BLG 66 Belouga
Air-dropped cluster bomb and submunition dispenserForecast International's archived report attributes the Belouga BLG 66 and its submunitions to Thomson-DASA Armements.
Sources: Forecast International Belouga reportManufacturer catalog
Thomson-DASA Armements
Thomson-DASA Armements was the French-German land-weapon joint venture that linked Thomson-CSF's armaments line with Deutsche Aerospace's weapons business. Its public legacy sits in Brandt-derived mortars, mortar ammunition, and aircraft-dispensed munitions that later continued under the TDA Armements and Thales defence lines.
1 weaponsThomson-DASA Armements is the mid-1990s joint-venture name in the French and German land-weapon consolidation that also fed the later TDA Armements line. The catalog keeps this facet visible because source material and manufacturer data still use the Thomson-DASA wording for legacy munitions and mortar products.
The La Ferté-Saint-Aubin production line tied the Thomson-DASA name to a broader Brandt-derived family of rifled mortars, mortar ammunition, and munitions. In this catalog, BLG 66 Belouga records the joint Giat and Thomson-DASA role in the French cluster-bomb program, while MO-120 RT represents the Brandt/TDA mortar lineage that Thales still markets through its mortar-system portfolio.
Notable Systems
MO-120 RT
120 mm rifled towed heavy mortarThe Brandt-derived rifled 120 mm mortar family continued through the TDA Armements line; Thales's current mortar-system material still presents the 120 mm RT mortar as a core land product.
Sources: Mortar system solutions, Forecast International mortar ammunition reportManufacturer History
TDA Armaments company record created
A French registry record for TDA Armements SAS lists a 28 July 1994 creation date and the La Ferté-Saint-Aubin address associated with the armaments line.
Sources: Pappers company record
DASA share authorization published
The French official journal authorized a reserved share issue to Deutsche Aerospace for T.D.A./Thomson DASA Armements, documenting the 50 percent DASA stake that made the company a French-German joint venture.
Sources: French decree on T.D.A./Thomson DASA Armements
French-German armaments restructuring
Forecast International describes Thomson-CSF's armaments component, including Thomson-Brandt, merging with Deutsche Aerospace's weapons component into the new TDA line jointly owned by Thales and DaimlerChrysler Aerospace.
Sources: Forecast International mortar ammunition report
Thales takes full control
EADS reported that it sold TDA Armements S.A.S. to Thales on 30 November 2005, leaving Thales with full ownership of the company line.
Sources: EADS 2005 annual report, Thales 2014 consolidated financial statements
Predecessors
Successors
Public references use Thomson-DASA Armements, T.D.A./Thomson DASA Armements, and TDA Armements for overlapping stages of the same La Ferté-Saint-Aubin armaments lineage. No manufacturer-specific open-license image was verified during this pass, and no headquarters map was added because the reviewed sources support the city-level base but not a separately verified geocoded headquarters record.
Manufacturer Sources
- Thales DefencePublisher: Thales Group | Note: Supports the current Thales defence identity and the public defense-business context now carrying the TDA lineage. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
- Mortar system solutionsPublisher: Thales Group | Note: Supports Thales's current mortar-systems product area, which is the closest official public page for the TDA mortar line. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
- Legacy TDA website redirectPublisher: Thales Group | Note: The legacy TDA Armements web path now redirects to Thales Defence, supporting the current public website field and successor-brand continuity. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
- Pappers company recordPublisher: Pappers | Note: Supports the 28 July 1994 creation date, La Ferté-Saint-Aubin address, weapons-and-munitions activity code, and 2018 deregistration for the TDA Armements company record. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
- French decree on T.D.A./Thomson DASA ArmementsPublisher: French government | Note: Supports the 1994 DASA share authorization and the exact T.D.A./Thomson DASA Armements legal naming used in the French official journal. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
- Forecast International mortar ammunition reportPublisher: Forecast International | Note: Supports the 1995 restructuring history, equal Thales/DaimlerChrysler Aerospace ownership, Brandt/TDA mortar-ammunition role, La Ferté-Saint-Aubin contractor listing, and TDA 60 mm to 120 mm mortar-ammunition range. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
- Forecast International Belouga reportPublisher: Forecast International | Note: Supports Thomson-DASA Armements as the former Thomson-Brandt/Brandt Armaments partner that jointly designed, developed, and coproduced the BLG 66 Belouga system with Giat Industries. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
- EADS 2005 annual reportPublisher: EADS | Note: Supports the 30 November 2005 sale of TDA Armements S.A.S. to Thales. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
- Thales 2014 consolidated financial statementsPublisher: Thales Group | Note: Supports TDA Armements SAS as a 100% controlled Thales subsidiary in the current corporate line. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
- Saab AT4 CS press releasePublisher: Saab | Note: Supports the 2000 use of the 'TDA (Thomson Dasa Armements)' naming variant in a French procurement notice. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
Produced weapons
Category
Munitions
Standalone missiles, bombs, rockets, torpedoes, and guided or unguided explosive payloads.