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Thales S.A.

Thales is a French multinational that designs and manufactures aerospace and military systems and equipment, and also operates in cybersecurity. ↗

HeadquartersLa Défense, Paris, France ↗
Founded1968 ↗
LeadershipPatrice Caine, chairman and CEO ↗
Employees83,000 ↗
OwnershipPublic; partly owned by the French state ↗
Websitethalesgroup.com ↗

Deals since 2020

Oct 2024 

Boeing sells Digital Receiver Technology to Thales Defense & Security

Buyer: Thales Defense & Security

UndisclosedClosed
Jul 202325

Thales buys Imperva

Seller: Thoma Bravo

A cybersecurity company that protects critical applications, APIs and data anywhere, at scale, through application security and data security.

cyberSource
$3.6 billionClosed Dec 4, 2023
Apr 202219

Leonardo DRS sells Advanced Acoustic Concepts to Thales Defense & Security

Buyer: Thales Defense & Security

A joint venture that provides sonar systems and components, acoustic training systems, and other underwater systems.

EW and sensorsshipbuilding and maritimetraining and simulationSource
$56 millionClosed Jul 8, 2022
Jun 202129

Moog sells Navaids to Thales

Buyer: Thales

Designs, develops, manufactures and markets ground and ship-based radio frequency navigation beacons and related antennas, based in Salt Lake City, Utah.

C4ISR and electronicsSource
$39 millionClosed Dec 3, 2021

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Other acquisitions

  • Thales acquired Australian Defence Industries in October 2006, a maker of military equipment including the Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicle. ↗
  • Thales agreed in 2006 to buy Alcatel's space business and rail signalling division, a deal of 1.7 billion euros approved in January 2007. ↗
  • Thales acquired British hardware security module vendor nCipher in July 2008. ↗