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.