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The first Thales (Thomson-CSF) marketing operation in the United Kingdom dates back to the early 1970s. Since then, the Group has expanded its operations in the country through a series of external growth operations, the largest of which was the acquisition of Racal in 2000.

Other acquisitions include Shorts Missile Systems, Rediffusion, Thorn Missile Electronics, Redifon MEL, Avimo, the sonar businesses of Ferranti and GEC Marconi, Pilkington Optronics, and others.

Thales UK prides itself on its commitment to understanding and serving the needs of all its customers, and to delivering on quality, time and cost. Our operations mirror the group's international business interests, with five main thriving businesses areas in the UK:

• Aerospace
• Air Systems
• Land & Joint Systems
• Naval
• Security & Services

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
  
• Thales holds a 20% share in Camelot consortium, and we built and still operate the whole communications infrastructure for the lottery ticket terminals
  
• 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 78 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