Thales
Thales is a French multinational company specialised in digital systems that provides services for the aerospace, defence, transportation and security industry.
Overview
ABOUT THALES
Thales has 64,000 employees and generated €14.9 billion in revenues in 2016. As of 2017, it is also the 8th largest defence contractor in the world and 55% of its total sales are military sales.
The company is partially state-owned by the French government and has operations in more than 56 countries.
The predecessor of Thales, Thomson-CSF, originated from the 1893 founded Compagnie Française Thomson-Houston (CFTH).
In December 2000, shortly after the acquisition of Racal Electronics plc, a UK defence electronics group, the company changed its name to Thales like the Greek philosopher.
Thales’ international subsidiaries delivered about 52% of the company’s revenue in 2008, with Thales UK being the largest of these accounting for 13% of group revenue.
Thales’ headquarters are in La Défense (the business district of Paris), and its stock is listed on the Euronext Paris.
AT A GLANCE
Global Revenue: €18.86bn (2018)
Operating Income: 1.178bn (2018)
Net Income: €982 million (2018)
Area Served: Worldwide
Order Book: €32.3bn (2018)
Founded:
Employees: 80,000 (2019)
Key People: Patrice Caine (CEO), Pascal Bouchiat (CFO), Pierre Eric Pommellet (CPO)
Main Subsidiaries: GmbH, SYSGO, Vormetricl
Did you know: Thales’ international subsidiaries generated 52% of the company’s revenue in 2008, with Thales UK being the largest of these accounting for 13% of group revenue
KEY PEOPLE
Patrice Caine (CEO)
Patrice Caine
Pascal Bouchiat (CFO)
Pascal Bouchiat
Pierre Eric Pommellet (CPO)
Thales’ News
Thales to maintain the Short-Range Air Defence for Royal Marines and British Army
Thales UK has been awarded a £98.4 million ($137m) contract extension to maintain the Short-Range…
Thales develops new lightweight AESA AirMaster C radar
Thales has announced the development of a new lightweight active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar…
France chooses Thales to deliver new Defence Platform project
The French Ministry for the Armed Forces has selected Thales to deliver a new “Defence…
Spanish Navy selects Thales to deliver ASW sonar suites to new F-110 frigates
The Spanish Navy has awarded Thales a EUR165.5 million contract to provide the integrated anti-submarine…
Thales unveils EagleSHIELD solution to secure sensitive sites from malevolent UAVs
To tackle the growing threat of malevolent drone and UAVs use, Thales has developed EagleSHIELD…
British Army to receive Thales’ thermal imaging camera
Thales UK has made public that it is supplying its Catherine MP Thermal Imaging (TI)…
Key Product & Services
Key Events
Hercules Operators Conference October 14-17 2019 (Atlanta, USA)
The Hercules Operators Conference provides professionals from across the avionics industry with the opportunity to share operational, technical, modification and maintenance insights with Hercules and Orion aircraft owners/operators, service centers and suppliers.
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