Core Businesses
Thales is a leading defence contractor and a major player in civil and commercial markets around the world. We serve five key markets that operate as a single organisation sharing advanced technologies and drawing on complementary capabilities to meet the specific requirements of each customer:
- defence
- security
- space
- civil aerospace
- ground transportation
The critical decision chain
In a world that is increasingly mobile, interconnected and interdependent, the security of people and goods, infrastructure and nations depends on leaders and organisations and their ability to decide and act in a timely fashion and obtain the best outcomes.
These decisions are often of critical importance: navy, army and air force commanders, as well as air traffic controllers, policymakers and infrastructure operators, face these critical decisions and need full, relevant and reliable information to understand the situation and make the right choices. We provide equipment, systems and services that help our customers to master the critical decision chain.
This understanding of the critical decision chain underpins our innovation and technological developments in areas such as large scale software-driven systems, secure communications, sensors (radar, sonar, optical), etc… These technologies, capabilities and the central role of human factors in critical decision-making are common to all our activities. The Group’s employees constantly need to develop their skills to stay ahead in these areas.
We have built up an in-depth knowledge of the markets we serve and, with operations in 56 countries, we have developed close relationships with local customers to grasp the intricacies of their operational decision-making processes and propose the best solutions for every situation.
Across all our businesses, the company’s 67,000 employees are guided by a proactive policy of corporate responsibility that is key to managing risks and driving performance.