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Thales SA

  • Friday, 22 November, 2024
    Thales denies allegations by UK and French agencies over suspected bribery

    Serious Fraud Office and Parquet National Financier open joint probe into arms contract in Asia

    A Starstreak LML (Lightweight Multiple Launcher) missile system on display at the Thales weapons manufacturer facility in Belfast. The system consists of three green missile tubes mounted on a base, surrounded by electronic equipment
  • Thursday, 7 November, 2024
    EU defence
    European defence bosses expect Trump to demand more Nato contributions

    Leonardo chief executive calls for investment in region’s defence sector as well as alliances to increase competitiveness

    Employees of Leonardo helicopters at a factory near Milan, Italy
  • Tuesday, 5 March, 2024
    Thales’s growth hit by supply issues as order book hits record high

    French group benefits from uptick in military spending

    A photo of a radar on the Thales site in France
  • Sunday, 17 September, 2023
    Thales chief on the lookout for acquisitions

    Even after the recent €4bn deal spree, Patrice Caine is keen to bolster operations including cyber security

    SAMP-T air defence system
  • Tuesday, 25 July, 2023
    Lex
    Thales/Imperva: cyber security deal boosts defence group’s best division Premium content

    The acquisition ties in neatly with the French company’s protection unit for non-civilians

    Thales surveillance radar
  • Wednesday, 8 March, 2023
    Thales targets capacity boost to meet growing military demand

    French group shores up supply chain as European nations boost defence budgets in response to Ukraine war

    A Ground Fire 300 radar, manufactured by Thales, operates on a testing platform at the company’s factory in Limours, France
  • Sunday, 26 February, 2023
    Thales steps up hiring as defence spending booms

    Chief executive plans to recruit 12,000 workers as European nations arm Ukraine and bolster their own defences

    Thales’s radar factory in Limours, France
  • Monday, 11 July, 2022
    5G networks
    Ericsson, Qualcomm and Thales to trial 5G from space

    Tech exploration could enable smartphones to access superfast speeds wherever they are in the world

    Women look at their mobile phones on the streets of Tokyo
  • Wednesday, 1 December, 2021
    News in-depthAerospace & Defence
    Rise of ESG adds to pressure on European defence companies

    Executives stress role in national security following fears sector could become investment pariah

    A BAE Systems construction hall in Cumbria, northern England
  • Sunday, 3 October, 2021
    Aerospace & Defence
    French defence groups turn to Macron to redress submarine reputation hit

    Scrapping of ‘transformational deal’ with Australia marks a setback for Naval Group and Thales

    US submarine returns to base in Guam
  • Tuesday, 6 April, 2021
    Cyber Security
    Pandemic brought surge in French cyber attacks, warns Thales CEO

    Corporate hackings rise fourfold, driven in part by staff working from home on less secure computers

  • Sunday, 13 September, 2020
    Pilita Clark
    The baffling search for purpose in a purpose statement

    Company declarations keep thriving to little obvious effect

    The cast of BBC TV series W1A
  • Friday, 24 July, 2020
    Thales experiences no ‘critical supply chain’ failures in pandemic

    French group in big push to keep suppliers in ‘good health’ as company suffers tumbling profits

    Thales chief executive Patrice Caine argues his diversified group ‘will come out strongly from the crisis’
  • Thursday, 19 September, 2019
    Satellites
    Sky is no limit for new generation of flexible satellites

    Thales and Boeing step up mobile market drive amid changing consumer demands

    Three satelite dishes over sunset
  • Wednesday, 4 September, 2019
    Lex
    Thales/cyber security: asymmetric war flair Premium content

    Promised growth as a result of Gemalto deal could be tricky to realise

  • Tuesday, 26 February, 2019
    Thales chief Patrice Caine rules out move for Alstom

    Aerospace group would face same EU hurdles that scuppered train company’s deal with Siemens

    Patrice Caine, chief executive officer of Thales SA, reacts whilst speaking during a cyber security event in Paris, France. Wednesday, April 11, 2018. Frances Eutelsat Communications SA last week ordered a new Konnect VHTS that will be operational in 2021 and built by Paris-based aerospace and defense manufacturer Thales, to boost its broadband and in-flight connectivity services, abandoning plans to invest in ViaSat-3 with ViaSat Inc. Photographer: Christophe Morin/Bloomberg
  • Tuesday, 11 December, 2018
    EU approves €4.8bn Thales-Gemalto tie-up
  • Monday, 15 October, 2018
    UK defence industry
    UK shipyards to submit bids to build 5 Royal Navy warships

    MoD restarts competition despite industry’s concerns over budget and timing

    The Royal Navy Type 23 frigate HMS Somerset is moored in the harbour during the national Armed Forces Day celebrations at Llandudno, north Wales on June 30, 2018. - The annual event, which takes place on the the last Saturday of June, honours the men and women of the Armed forces community. (Photo by OLI SCARFF / AFP) (Photo credit should read OLI SCARFF/AFP/Getty Images)
  • Monday, 23 July, 2018
    Technology sector
    EU launches antitrust probe into Thales’ proposed takeover of Gemalto
  • Friday, 1 June, 2018
    ObituaryAerospace & Defence
    Serge Dassault, billionaire industrialist, 1925-2018

    The French defence group head and politician lived in his father’s shadow

    (FILES) In this file photo taken on March 2, 2012 French newpapers Le Figaro's owner Serge Dassault stands on the tarmac at the military aiport of Villacoublay outside Paris, as he waits for the plane carrying French journalist Edith Bouvier and photographer William Daniels. One of France's richest men, Serge Dassault, has died, several sources told AFP on May 28, 2018. He was 93. The head of aviation and software giant Dassault Group, which owns Le Figaro newspaper, Dassault was a titan of the French business world who had also served as a senator and a mayor of a town south of Paris. / AFP PHOTO / Thomas SAMSONTHOMAS SAMSON/AFP/Getty Images
  • Wednesday, 2 May, 2018
    Satellites
    Philip Hammond seeks to sabotage EU’s Galileo satellite project

    UK chancellor takes step to prevent tech transfer after Brexit as Brussels spat escalates

    Artist’s impression of the Soyuz Fregat fairing separation Released 09/05/2016 3:34 pm Copyright ESA–Pierre Carril, 2016 Description Artist’s impression of the Soyuz Fregat fairing separation. Soyuz rocket fairing carrying Galileo 13 and 14 satellites, seen atop the Fregat upper stage that flies them most of the way to their intended medium-altitude orbit. Id 360250
  • Tuesday, 6 March, 2018
    European companies
    Thales chief warns on progress of European defence consolidation

    Italian elections could jeopardise creation of alliance between Fincantieri and Naval Group

    RANQUE...French defense electronics company Thales Chairman Denis Ranque gestures during a press conference in Paris Thursday Sept. 15, 2005. The company at the center of takeover speculation, said Thursday that its first-half net profit fell slightly after a higher tax rate offset growth in operating income.(AP PHOTO/Remy de la Mauviniere)
  • Monday, 5 March, 2018
    News in-depthSatellites
    In-flight WiFi battle over Europe takes off

    Continent is biggest prize for satellite companies racing to put broadband on planes

  • Monday, 8 January, 2018
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    Opening Quote: Mothercare’s January blues; Babcock
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