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# Ireland signs Thales contract for Naval Service's first sonar array
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-06-15-ireland-thales-sonar-contract/
- Published: 2025-06-15T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-21T04:02:28.000Z
- Description: Ireland's Department of Defence signed a contract with Thales DMS France for the Naval Service's first towed sonar array, to monitor the EEZ and protect subsea cables and pipelines, operational by 2027.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Defence and space, #news, #verified, #editor-read

Verified Editor-read [Government of Ireland, Department of Defence press release, 15 June 2025](https://www.gov.ie/en/department-of-defence/press-releases/t%C3%A1naiste-announces-major-new-contract-for-sonar-capability/?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** Does not disclose the contract's value, reported elsewhere as about EUR 60 million.

**How this item counts.** This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/).

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above; read and approved by the editor on 2026-10-20\. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)