Spain
In Spain, Thales has had strong industrial roots for more than half a century, with design and production capabilities and a team of 1,300 engineering professionals distributed throughout the country.
Thales is the trusted technology partner of the Spanish government and Armed Forces, and is involved in major national projects thanks to its broad portfolio of dual-use solutions, which cover both the civil and military markets.
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Driving Technological Capabilities from Spain
Thales drives innovation in Spain thanks to a multi-domestic approach:
● Developing its own products in areas such as command and control systems, communications, and intelligent surveillance systems.
● Transferring technologies and helping to build local industrial capacity.
● Exporting Spanish solutions globally.
● Participating in major national, European, and international programs and collaborating with key players in defense, space, cybersecurity, and digitalization.
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Defence
In response to the constant evolution of threats, Thales offers the Armed Forces a wide range of solutions for all domains: land, air, sea, cyber, and space, enabling better decision-making at critical moments thanks to the incorporation of advanced technologies such as AI, quantum technology, 6G, and cybersecurity in its products to offer a competitive advantage.
In addition, Thales integrates solutions across different domains and platforms thanks to command and control systems that incorporate highly advanced sensors to ensure effectiveness, coordination in joint operations, interoperability, and a competitive advantage over the enemy. In Spain, Thales works for the main platform operators, providing cutting-edge technology to institutional customers.
Public Security
In Spain, Thales is actively involved in the digitization of public administrations, working closely with the Ministry of the Interior, the National Police, and the Civil Guard on public safety projects such as smart border control.
Through the use of digital technologies, biometrics, artificial intelligence, and cybersecurity, Thales promotes smart border control solutions at ports, airports, and border crossings throughout the country, serving as a trusted technology partner to ensure the flow of travelers across borders. In Spain, Thales has a Border & Travel Competence Center that serves Thales customers worldwide.
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Cyber & Digital
In an increasingly interconnected digital world, Thales ensures trust in critical digital services through advanced cybersecurity and digital identity solutions with a large team of more than 300 cybersecurity professionals distributed throughout the territory.
In Spain, Thales has a highly experienced Threat Intelligence team operating through its Security Operations Center (SOC) located in Madrid to detect and respond to cyber threats in southern Europe, which joins Thales' global network of 11 SOCs distributed throughout the world.
Space
Through Thales Alenia Space, Thales promotes the space sovereignty of Europe and Spain, as well as innovation with Earth observation solutions applied to environmental detection and the fight against climate change, navigation, telecommunications, space surveillance, and exploration of the universe. From Spain, Thales Alenia Space participates in the main European Earth observation and navigation programs.
With a team of more than 450 professionals at the Satellite Communications Competence Center in Tres Cantos (Madrid), Thales provides dual technologies and participates in major national projects such as SPAINSAT NG I and II, which strengthens secure communications for the Ministry of Defense, and the QKD-GEO quantum key distribution project, a pioneer in Europe that uses quantum technology to secure communications.
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