Aerospace & Space in Portugal

Thales in Portugal carries out activities in the Aerospace & Space field through EDISOFT. Building on extensive experience on both Portuguese and European programmes, the teams develop advanced engineering solutions for:

• Embedded Systems
• Satellite Navigation and communications
• Ocean Surveillance and Earth Observation
• Aerospace and Air Traffic Management
• Crisis Management Solutions
• Maintenance, Support and Operation Services for Space Programmes

• Thales worked in the design and development of Portugal’s air traffic management system.
• Thales, in partnership with Eurocopter, developed the mission system for the NH-90 helicopter.

• Thales and EDISOFT are responsible for operating and maintaining the Galileo Sensor Station, used to monitor the Galileo Satellite orbiting Earth.
• Thales and EDISOFT established a support centre for the Real-Time Executive for Multiprocessor Systems (RTEMS) of space programmes.