Portugal

For over three decades, Thales has been a trusted partner in Portugal, driving progress in Aerospace, Defence, Space, and Cybersecurity.

From Lisbon, Porto and Santa Maria (Azores), over 400 specialists drive innovation and deliver trusted technologies that ensure safety, resilience and digital progress.

Key figures

+35

Years of Presence

+400

Employees

Competence Centres

Local capabilities

World-Class Capabilities with Portuguese Expertise

In Portugal, Thales acts as a strategic hub powered by highly skilled engineering talent, recognised for its maturity and ability to deliver mission-critical systems.

The headquarters hosts two major competence centres for Air Traffic Management and Naval Defence.

The Cybesecurity Operation Centre in Porto manages cyber threats and provides incident response across industries (from finance to governance).

In the Azores, the Santa Maria Teleport provides ground support for satellite missions and strengthens European sovereignty and resilience.

Our fields of expertise

Civil aviation

We support global aviation with advanced Air Traffic Management solutions such as TopSky-Tower and TopSky-AMHS.

From Portugal, we design systems that help airports and air navigation service providers, in over 40 countries, improve safety, optimise traffic flows and enhance operational performance across increasingly complex airspace environments.

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Defence

At our Naval Engineering Centre, we specialize in Combat Management Systems that provides superior situational awareness and decision-making capability for modern naval forces.

Our highly skilled teams design and integrate mission-critical technologies, including TACTICOS, Thales’s world-leading CMS used by over 25 navies.

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Space

Thales Portugal supports Europe’s space ecosystem through satellite communications, Earth Observation and space-based security solutions. At the Santa Maria Teleport, we enable satellite missions, launcher tracking and the supporting maritime awareness activities, throught our solution OceanEye, that help European agencies monitor and protect the Atlantic.

We also provide RTEMS, the mission-critical OS flown on more than 60 space missions.

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Cyber & Digital

We deliver end-to-end cybersecurity solutions for IT, OT and Cloud, ensuring strong protection for critical infrastructures and sensitive data through advanced encryption.

From our Cybersecurity Operations Centre, we provide 24/7 threat detection and response to our customers, supported by Threat Intelligence, enabling organisations to address cyber risks proactively and effectively.

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