Research and Innovation

For Thales, R&D is collaborative by definition, and we work hand-in-hand with start-ups, industry partners and the academic research community to provide our customers with the most advanced solutions possible.

Resolutely focused on the future, we are actively preparing the groundwork today for the disruptive technologies of tomorrow.

Innovation and people

34,000
researchers and engineers
22,000
patents
800
AI-dedicated experts
Thales CTO Bernhard Quendt in a lab at Thales Research and Technology

In critical systems, making the right decisions can be a matter of life and death. Each of our disruptive technologies has the potential to make the critical decision chain more reliable and more efficient, by guaranteeing the accuracy, safety and security of the data involved.

Bernhard Quendt - Chief Technical Officer

Our innovation ecosystem

4 sites worldwide, 300 people dedicated to research and innovation.

Careers in research

Meet some of the Thales men and women who are working today to invent the technologies of tomorrow and develop the applications the world will rely on in the future.

  • Research & innovation

Thales Researchers: Dunlin Tan, Thales Research & Technology Director, Singapore

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  • Advanced technologies

Thales Researchers: Daniel Brooks, AI Engineer

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  • Advanced technologies

Thales Researchers: Marie Antier, Systems Architect, Élancourt

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  • Advanced technologies

Thales Researchers: David Nigro, Research Engineer, Underwater Systems

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Our European programmes

Thales has partnerships across Europe, working on the technologies that will help build a future we can all trust.

  • Research & innovation

Adapting European tanks to the war of tomorrow

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  • Research & innovation

Helping European drones and helicopters collaborate

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Thales Travel eSIM
  • Research & innovation

A new digital identity for Europeans

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Research positions at Thales

Our latest news

  • Group

Institut Curie, the CEA and Thales Sign a Partnership to Build a Unique FLASH Radiotherapy Platform to Accelerate the Cure for Cancers Throughout the World

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  • Electronic warfare

In electronic warfare, AI could change the game

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  • Research & innovation

Thales sets a world first in quantum-safe security for 5G networks

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  • Research & innovation

India-France Year of Innovation 2026: India is now part of the five Thales global corporate research centers

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  • Research & innovation

Why India is a strategic pillar for Thales

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  • Group

Naval Group and Thales join forces for a sovereign AI in France

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  • Group

Thales listed amongst the world's 100 most innovative organisations, according to Clarivate, for the 13th year

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  • Research & innovation

cortAIx, Thales's AI accelerator, launched in Germany to Drive AI for Critical Systems

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  • Research & innovation

Thales powers CES-winning post-quantum chip from Samsung Electronics

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