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title: "Thales Group: AI company profile, people and coverage"
description: ", trading as Thales Group, is a French multinational aerospace and defence corporation specialising in electronics. It designs, develops and manufactures a wide variety of aerospace and military systems, devices and equipment but also operates in the cybersecurity and formerly civil ground transportation sectors."
canonical: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-thales-group
type: Organization
wikidata: Q1161666
wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thales_Group
website: https://www.thalesgroup.com/
source: AI News Monitor
publisher: Paciva
license: CC BY 4.0 for this page's own layer; facts from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
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# Thales Group

> , trading as Thales Group, is a French multinational aerospace and defence corporation specialising in electronics. It designs, develops and manufactures a wide variety of aerospace and military systems, devices and equipment but also operates in the cybersecurity and formerly civil ground transportation sectors.

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## Facts

- Category: Security and defense
- Country: France
- Founded: 2000-12-06
- Headquarters: Meudon
- Status: subsidiary
- Website: https://www.thalesgroup.com/
- Employees: 83,020 (as of 2024-12-31)
- Also known as: Thales S.A.
- Industries: arms industry, software industry, telecommunications industry, aerospace industry, computer security, activities of head offices

## Accounts

- x: https://x.com/ThalesAsia
- linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/thales
- github: https://github.com/ThalesGroup
- youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBUSZK1OyuyHpZnGilUzj9g
- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thalesgroup
- instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thalesgroup

## Key people

- Patrice Caine, chief executive (French official and business executive), since 2014-12-23
- Patrice Caine, chair (French official and business executive), since 2014-12-23
- Emmanuel Desurvire (French physicist)

## Revenue

- 2004-01-01: EUR 10.3 billion (Wikidata)
- 2005-01-01: EUR 10.3 billion (Wikidata)
- 2006-01-01: EUR 10.3 billion (Wikidata)
- 2007-01-01: EUR 12.3 billion (Wikidata)
- 2008-01-01: EUR 12.7 billion (Wikidata)
- 2009-01-01: EUR 12.9 billion (Wikidata)
- 2010-01-01: EUR 13.1 billion (Wikidata)
- 2011-01-01: EUR 13 billion (Wikidata)
- 2012-01-01: EUR 14.2 billion (Wikidata)
- 2013-01-01: EUR 14.2 billion (Wikidata)
- 2014-01-01: EUR 13 billion (Wikidata)
- 2015-01-01: EUR 14.1 billion (Wikidata)
- 2016-01-01: EUR 14.9 billion (Wikidata)
- 2017-01-01: EUR 15.8 billion (Wikidata)
- 2018-01-01: EUR 15.9 billion (Wikidata)
- 2019-01-01: EUR 18.4 billion (Wikidata)
- 2020-01-01: EUR 17 billion (Wikidata)
- 2021-01-01: EUR 16.2 billion (Wikidata)
- 2022-01-01: EUR 17.6 billion (Wikidata)
- 2023-01-01: EUR 18.4 billion (Wikidata)

## Ownership

Parent: Agence des participations de l'État
Subsidiaries: Thales Alenia Space, Diehl Aerospace, Thales LAS France, Thales Australia, Thales Underwater Systems, Thales Nederland, SYSGO, Thales Optronics, Thales Training & Simulation, Thales Air Defence, Laboratoire Albert Fert, Thales, Thales Group (Germany), Thales (Portugal), Thales, Thales, Thales Group (Brazil), Thales (Norway), Thales Communication & Sécurité Numériques SA

## Products

- aeronautics
- radar
- remote weapon station
- infantry mobility vehicle

## Coverage on the Monitor

Every article, podcast, video and market the Monitor holds on Thales Group, dated and linked to its publisher: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-thales-group#connections

## Sources

- Facts: Wikidata (CC0 1.0), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1161666, read 2026-11-11
- Summary: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thales_Group
- Filings: SEC EDGAR, https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=0001722401

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