We are a French leader of cybersecurity, and protection of data. We produce electronics composants, and play a key role in the great transformations of our time. Thales invests one million euros a year in research and development to find better solutions to the problems of our time.
Our origins date back to 1968, when Thomson-CSF and C.S.F merged, and became Thales on December 2000.
The headquarters of this company of 80,000 employees is located in the La Défense district of Paris. Patrice Caine, CEO of Thales, has the motto : "Let's build a future of trust together", for his successful company with a turnover of 15.72 billion euros (data from June 16, 2020). It has six activities grouped into three sectors : aerospace (aeronautics and space), transport (land transport) and Defense & Security (secure information and communication systems, land and air systems and defense mission systems).