Denmark

Thales has been involved in Danish projects since 1973. In the kingdom of Denmark, which includes Faroe Islands and Greenland, Thales provides innovative solutions and advanced technologies in the domains of Defence, Civil Aviation and Cyber & Digital, hereunder Banking and Biometric solutions. In 2024 Thales Group acquired Cobham Aerospace Communications and today, Thales Denmark employs 45 people at the Headquarter in Ballerup and 55 people at Thales Aerospace Communications in Lyngby.

Key Figures

50+

Years of presence

100

Employees

Sites

Local Cooperation

Thales’ strategy is to boost its local presence by establishing local industrial partnerships. In Denmark, Thales already has a significant number of collaborations with local subcontractors and partners and will, as new contracts arrive, continue to reach out to local expertise.

As Thales recognises the high quality of Danish research, it is a principal objective to recruit local employees and establish long-term cooperation with Danish universities and regional research centres. The markets we aim to address lie within defence & security, technology and aviation safety.

Our fields of expertise

Thales provides innovative solutions and advanced technologies within the domains of Defence, Civil Aviation and Cyber & Digital.

Defence

Thales has been a trusted partner of the Danish Armed Forces for decades, delivering advanced capabilities across sea, air, and land. The Royal Danish Navy benefits from Thales’ radar suites including APAR, SMART-L and SMART-S, while the Air Force is strengthening surveillance and air defence with GM200 MM/C Fixed Air Defence Radars, and the new SAMP/T NG system, where Thales will provide the Ground Fire radar and command-and-control modules. On land, Thales equips the Danish Army’s armoured vehicle fleet with the internal communications and network system called SOTAS.

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Civil Aviation

Since 1973, Thales has delivered Air Traffic Management (ATM) systems to Denmark in cooperation with NAVIAIR (the Air Navigation Service provider in Denmark). In Denmark, Thales installed an ATM system (COOPANS – TopSky ATC and radars) that controls Danish airspace and the airports of Copenhagen, Billund and Roskilde. Denmark, Sweden, Ireland, Austria, Croatia, Hungary and Portugal are working together by using the COOPANS system, ensuring harmonisation through a joint product roadmap. This system benefits from the most advanced capabilities to ensure a safe and efficient operation in high traffic densities and complex airspace structures.

In July 2022, Thales and Atlantic Airways signed a contract for one Thales Reality H Level D Full Flight Simulator, which is one of the world’s most advanced commercial helicopter simulators. The simulator was sold to The Faroe Islands to provide scenario-based flight and mission training to Atlantic Airways helicopter crew-members and AW139 helicopter operators worldwide.

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Cyber & Digital

Today Thales in Denmark provides the Danish banking sector with a wide range of secure digital payment solutions, such as Dankort both in Apple Pay for Nets/Nexi as well as the physical payment cards, where we for several years have produced sustainable Polylactic Acid (PLA) cards for one of the largest banks in Denmark; Nordea. Made of non-edible corn starch, the material replaces 84% of the plastic in the card and is a bio-sourced substitute for the normal PVC-plastic in the payment cards.

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