Thales in Brazil
Overview
Thales has been present in Brazil for 55 years and has more than 1200 employees. Thales headquarters is located in São Bernardo do Campo (SP), the company counts with four additional offices – in São Paulo (SP), São José dos Campos (SP), Rio de Janeiro (RJ) and Brasilia (DF) – and three manufacturing plants – in São Bernardo do Campo (SP) Omnisys, Thales subsidiary, industrial unit dedicated to Defence and Avionics activities, in Pinhais (PR) producing bank cards, SIM Cards and electronic documents of high-quality polycarbonate, and in Barueri (SP) responsible for bank card personalization.
With more than a half-century presence, Thales in Brazil has built a long-term partnership with the local Armed Forces – Army, Air Force and Navy and also has strong relationships with other government and national agencies, banks, telecommunications, airlines and technology companies to provide state-of-the-art technology solutions.
Local cooperation
Thales in Brazil is driving the group’s ESG commitment throughout several actions:
In innovation, Thales' Design Centre inaugurated in 2019 and located in São Bernardo do Campo (SP), is the first in Latin America and uses the Design Thinking method, which integrates different skills in the search for collective, collaborative and people-centred solutions.
In the area of education, Thales entered into a partnership with the Federal University of ABC (UFABC) and Instituto Mauá de Tecnologia from the Grande ABC area in São Paulo. We also have a partnership with Itajubá Federal University (UNIFEI) with a dedicated room to Active Methodologies sponsored by Thales and with São Paulo University (USP).
In social responsibility, since 2020, Thales has sponsored the Formare Program in partnership with Iochpe Foundation, which is based on the volunteer work of employees, who act as volunteer educators for to low-income students in São Bernardo do Campo. Thales Solidarity is also supporting iStart, a startup focused on educating teenagers on cybersecurity and Digital Citizenship. Thales supports 13 social responsibility projects via Incentive Laws in the areas of education, health, sports, culture and in the inclusion of people with disabilities in the labor market.
Solutions
Aerospace
Thales is active in all aerospace segments in Brazil and is leader in the country’s airspace surveillance and air traffic control radars market. In total, Thales provides 100% of approach radars, >80% route radars and >70% secondary radars, totalling more than 130 radars supplied to the country. The Group is also an Avionics supplier for Azul, LATAM and GOL airlines, among others in the region, and also for Helibras helicraft and Embraer aircraft manufacturers. Thales is partnering with Embraer to assist in the development of the eVTOL, the electric vertical take-off and landing vehicle.
The Group operates Service Centres dedicated to Air Traffic Management, Inflight Entertainment and Avionics. In addition, Thales is the provider of in-flight entertainment for Azul, with service development done locally. Thales’ Radar Centre of Excellence in Brazil serves customers all around the world. The units produced are exported to countries in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
Defence & Security
Thales is a long-time partner to Brazilian armed forces - Army, Air Force and Navy - through Omnisys, its high technology Brazilian subsidiary, with broad experience in the civil, space, data protection, defence and security markets. Omnisys developed and delivered a highly complex and fully transportable test range instrumentation system (STREV) for the Brazilian Army Assessment Centre (CAEx).
Omnisys is also the supplier to the Brazilian Navy to develop the Mansup Seeker (Surface Anti-Ship Missile) and critical systems for the Brazilian Strategic Submarine Defence Program (PROSUB) – for sonar, communications and electronic warfare. We also offer the Brazilian Navy the most modern solutions for the Tamandaré Frigates, with a large volume of technology transfer and local content. The Brazilian Army selected the SOTAS (Thales Radio Intercommunication System) system for several of its vehicles.
Space
Thales is the main partner of the Brazilian Space Program, supplying the country’s first Geostationary Defence and Strategic Communications Satellite (SGDC), bringing connectivity to millions of people located in remote areas, which benefits, for example, more than 7,000 schools. Besides the SGDC, Thales is also present in the CBERS (China-Brazil Earth Resources Satellite) and PMM (Plataforma Multimissão) programs, and in Amazonia 1. Thales equipped the Alcântara space launch site with several new sensors and optical tracking systems, S-band telemetry, electromagnetic surveillance system and complete radar overhaul.
Digital Identity & Security
Thales provides biometric and identity solutions for the main states and government entities in Brazil – such as the Civil Police of the State of São Paulo, the Federal District and the Federal Police. Thales is one of the leading suppliers of credit cards for financial institutions in Brazil, providing cards made with sustainable materials, with contact and contactless technology, as well as digital payment solutions.
The Group is also the leading supplier of SIM Cards and eSIMs (embedded SIM cards) and Payment HSMs (Hardware Security Modules) in the country. Thales technologies enabled the creation of an IoT M2M tracking device to detect illegal deforestation schemes in the Amazon Rainforest.
Transport
In 2016, Thales provided communications, signaling and localization systems to the first and most modern Light Rail Transportation (LRT) in Santos, SP – Brazil.
News and events
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Events for Brazil
Thales regularly participates in local events in Brazil or abroad to showcase its expertise and meet local actors in our main markets. Whether you are interested in defence, digital identity and security, aerospace or other market specific solutions, there should be a date and a place to meet us.
Careers at Thales in Brazil
Contact us in Brazil
Headquarters – Thales in Brazil and Omnisys
R. Prof. Rubião Meira, 50 - CEP 09890-430 - Vila Washington - São Bernardo do Campo, SP –
Brazil
Phone: +55 11 3303-1200
Commercial office – São Paulo
Avenida das Nações Unidas, 12495 – 8º andar - CEP 04570-000 – São Paulo, SP
Brazil
Phone: +55 11 5105-7600
Commercial office – Rio de Janeiro
Av. Presidente Antônio Carlos, 58 - 10º andar - CEP 20020-010 - Rio de Janeiro, RJ
Brazil
Phone: +55 21 2272-3200
Commercial office – Brasilia
SCN, Quadra 4, Bloco B - Sala 1206 - Centro Empresarial Varig - CEP 70714-900 - Brasilia, DF
Brazil
Commercial office – São José dos Campos
Av. Doutor Altino Bondensan, 500 – Distrito de Eugênio de Melo. Centro Empresarial II – Sala 1302 - CEP 12247-016 – São José dos Campos, SP
Brazil