The Thales Group is a world leader in mission-critical information systems.

The Thales Group is a world leader in mission-critical information systems. It has a workforce of 68,000 in the 50 countries in which it has a presence, and works principally in the fields of aerospace, defense and security. It has been established in Spain since the seventies, and has business here in all three of its main sectors of activity.

With a workforce of 2,500 people and a turnover of 375 million euros, Thales Spain constitutes its sixth most important market in the world. It has 10 work centers spread between Madrid, Alicante, Barcelona, Bilbao, Oviedo, Seville and Valladolid.

Moreover, it has a 49% stake in the following companies: Amper Programas (tactical communications for the defense sector); SAES (submarine electronics and acoustics) and Indra Space.

Thales Spain provides the aeronautics industry with a complete range of on-board equipment and systems for all types of aircraft (civil aviation, military fighters, helicopters and UAVs). Its main activities include the development of avionics equipment for C295, A400M, A330 MRTT aircraft, etc. and for Tiger and NH-90 helicopters. It also develops flight simulators for the A400M, A300, A320, etc. and radio navigation assistance for AENA.

Thales Alenia Space Spain, its subsidiary in the space sector, develops and supplies equipment and systems for space applications in the fields of telecommunications, navigation, optical and radar observation of the earth, defense and security, and space science and infrastructures.