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Thales UK Key Facts

  • Each year, Thales registers more than 300 patents
  • Thales Maintains 95% of Network Rail's telecommunications infrastructure at 2,500 train stations
  • A prominent retailer commissioned Thales to develop a ‘heat-sensing people counter' for use in its 400 stores
  • 90% of all UK credit card transactions are secured by Thales
  • Over 120,000 Thales Chip & PIN terminals have been installed across Europe
  • Thales UK has earned 79 Queen's Awards for Technology and Export
  • 90% of our sales are sourced from the UK
  • 7% of our revenue is reinvested in R & D
  • Thales has invested more than £2bn in the UK within the last 10 years
  • Thales is the second largest defence systems supplier
  • Thales embodies many famous companies, including Racal, Shorts Missiles, Pilkington Optronics, Redifon MEL, Thomson Marconi Sonar, Thorn Missile Electronics, Avimo, Helio and others
  • Thales has a history of supplying defence technology to the Royal Navy that stretches back more than 50 years
  • Thales has developed an Unmanned Air Vehicle that can be assembled and operational in just two hours
  • Thales provides the RAF with a complete synthetic training environment for Tornado GR4 pilots