Thales

Thales is a global deep tech company supplying trusted, secure and sustainable technology to governments and enterprises. Its work spans aerospace, defence, space and cybersecurity, alongside critical infrastructure protection, digital identity security and research in quantum computing and artificial intelligence. The group traces its origins to Compagnie Française Thomson-Houston, founded in France in 1893, and has since broadened from electrical systems into the systems and technologies it builds today.

The company employs more than 83,000 experts and operates in 68 countries. Annual sales are €20.6 billion, with over €4 billion invested each year in research and development. Its portfolio includes solutions for protecting critical infrastructure, technologies securing digital identities, advanced quantum computing and AI products, and systems for the aerospace, defence and space sectors.

Thales describes its purpose as building "a future we can all trust", framing sovereignty, security, sustainability and inclusion as the central challenges it addresses. Engineers and researchers work within a deep tech culture sustained by sustained R&D spending and more than 130 years of technological change.