Simon Watts is Deputy Scientific Director of Thales UK, Aerospace Division. He joined Thales (then EMI Electronics) in 1967 and has subsequently worked on a wide range of radar and EW projects, particularly airborne maritime surveillance radar systems. He is author and co-author of over 30 journal and conference papers and several patents, mainly relating to radar performance in sea clutter. He was appointed MBE in 2000 for services to the defence industry.
