Thales Italia Spa - Chieti Site, a subsidiary of the Thales Group, has been until 2016 a leading manufacturer of tactical communications equipment, including the , , MELANIE Systems and currently fielded with the Italian Army and NATO forces worldwide. It is currently involved in the Joint Tactical Radio System program, fielding its radios. In the second half of the 1970s, alongside HF communication radio products, a new electronic war systems sector was also developed (HF Rhino Radio Jammers).