Manufacturer catalog

Thales

Thales is a French defense, aerospace, cybersecurity, and digital identity technology group whose catalog footprint centers on military hardware, sensors, and support systems produced by the parent company and its defense businesses.

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Thales is one of France's major defense and aerospace technology groups, with public reporting that places the company across defence, aerospace, cyber, and digital activities. For the systems covered here, its relevant industrial role is concentrated in sensors, command-and-control electronics, naval mine-countermeasures packages, mortar systems, and air-defense radar families.

The company's defense portfolio spans land, air, and naval products rather than a single weapon line. Its official weapon-systems material covers mortars, rockets, guns, missiles, loitering munitions, and supporting electronics, while connected catalog records show Thales-linked radar, mortar, surveillance, and uncrewed naval systems. Conflict-use claims remain on the individual weapon pages; this manufacturer page gives the corporate and industrial context behind the Thales name.

Land weapon systemsAir defense systemsDefense electronicsRadar and sensorsMunitions and energeticsNaval mine countermeasuresCommand and control

Notable Systems

MO-120 RT, 120 mm rifled towed heavy mortar, Artillery

MO-120 RT

120 mm rifled towed heavy mortar

Thales' mortar-system solutions page places the 120RT rifled towed mortar system within the company's land-defense portfolio.

Sources: Mortar system solutions
Ground Master 200, Mobile medium-range air-surveillance radar, Air Defense

Ground Master 200

Mobile medium-range air-surveillance radar

Thales describes the Ground Master 200 family as medium-range radar equipment for simultaneous threat tracking, with connected catalog coverage of GM200 and Multi Mission variants.

Sources: Ground Master 200
SQUIRE, Man-portable ground surveillance radar, Electronic Warfare

SQUIRE

Man-portable ground surveillance radar

Thales ground-surveillance-radar material supports the SQUIRE family as a portable surveillance and early-warning radar line tied to the catalog's SQUIRE record.

Sources: Ground surveillance radars
Thales MCM USV, Mine countermeasures uncrewed surface vessel, Naval Systems

Thales MCM USV

Mine countermeasures uncrewed surface vessel

Thales PathMaster and MMCM material supports the mine-countermeasures uncrewed surface-vessel architecture represented by the catalog's Thales MCM USV record.

Sources: PathMaster mine countermeasures

Manufacturer History

  1. Thomson-CSF becomes Thales

    A contemporary trade report on the rebrand said Thomson-CSF changed its corporate name to Thales as the modern group identity took shape.

    Sources: Thales rebranding

  2. Franco-British MMCM production role

    Thales announced work on a fully integrated unmanned mine-countermeasures system for the Royal Navy and French Marine nationale, a program line that later produced connected Thales MCM USV catalog coverage.

    Sources: Thales MMCM production contract

  3. 2025 financial results reported

    Thales reported 2025 sales of about EUR22.1 billion and order intake of about EUR25.3 billion, reflecting a large multi-domain technology group rather than a single-product defense manufacturer.

    Sources: Financial indicators

Predecessors
Thomson-CSF
Website links
Official websiteAbout ThalesWeapon systemsMortar system solutionsGround Master 200Ground surveillance radarsPathMaster mine countermeasuresFinancial indicatorsGovernanceTerms and Conditions

Thales operates through many separate legal entities and business units. This record uses the parent-company name for systems whose public sources identify Thales at group level or use Thales branding, while separate catalog manufacturer records remain appropriate for distinct subsidiary names.

Manufacturer Sources

  • About ThalesPublisher: Thales | Note: Supports Thales' current identity as a global technology leader and its defense, aerospace, cybersecurity, and digital identity business context. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Terms and ConditionsPublisher: Thales | Note: Supports the Thales S.A. legal-name context and the registered office at 4 rue de la Verrerie, 92190 Meudon, France. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Weapon systemsPublisher: Thales | Note: Supports Thales' defense-industrial role across land, air, and naval platforms, including missiles, mortars, rockets, guns, loitering munitions, and related weapon systems. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Mortar system solutionsPublisher: Thales | Note: Supports Thales' land-defense mortar portfolio and the 120RT rifled towed mortar system referenced in the catalog. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Ground Master 200Publisher: Thales | Note: Supports official Thales manufacturer context for the Ground Master 200 radar family and its medium-range air-defense radar role. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Ground surveillance radarsPublisher: Thales | Note: Supports official Thales context for ground-surveillance radar products including SQUIRE-style detection, early-warning, and force-protection roles. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • PathMaster mine countermeasuresPublisher: Thales | Note: Supports official Thales context for PathMaster, MMCM, autonomous drones, sonar, and uncrewed mine-countermeasures system architecture. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Thales MMCM production contractPublisher: Thales | Note: Supports Thales' announced production role for the Franco-British MMCM unmanned mine-countermeasures system for the Royal Navy and French Marine nationale. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Financial indicatorsPublisher: Thales | Note: Supports current corporate scale context, including 2025 financial highlights for order intake, revenue, and adjusted EBIT. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • GovernancePublisher: Thales | Note: Supports ownership and governance context, including the French public sector and Dassault Aviation as the two main shareholders referenced by official Thales governance material. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Thales rebrandingPublisher: AerospaceOnline | Note: Supports the Thomson-CSF to Thales name change and the 2000-era rebranding context used for the profile's founding line and timeline milestone. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Commons Thales Paris-Saclay photoPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Supports image provenance for the Thales Paris-Saclay facility photograph; the file page identifies the subject and the CC BY-SA 4.0 reuse license. | Accessed: 2026-07-11

Produced weapons

Category

Air Defense

Systems that contest aircraft, missiles, helicopters, and drones.

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Ground Master 200, Mobile medium-range air-surveillance radar, Air Defense2014 Russia-Ukraine WarGround Master 200Mobile medium-range air-surveillance radarBuilt in: France / NetherlandsThe Ground Master 200 is a Thales mobile medium-range radar family used for air surveillance, air-defense cueing, and, in newer Multi Mission variants, counter-battery and weapon-locating tasks. France supplied GM200 radars to Ukraine for air-defense surveillance during the 2014 Russia-Ukraine War, while European operators have adopted the later MM/A and MM/C configurations for ground-based air defense and artillery support.

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Artillery

Tube artillery, rocket artillery, and long-range ground fires.

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MO-120 RT, 120 mm rifled towed heavy mortar, Artillery2014 Russia-Ukraine War, 2012 Mali War +3 moreMO-120 RT120 mm rifled towed heavy mortarBuilt in: France / United States / TurkeyThe MO-120 RT is a French 120 mm rifled towed heavy mortar developed by Brandt and later associated with TDA/Thales production. Its rifled barrel, two-wheel carriage, and rocket-assisted ammunition option give it longer range than many smoothbore infantry mortars, while keeping the system towable by light or medium vehicles. The family also appears through derivatives such as the U.S. Marine Corps M327 EFSS and Turkey's HY-12, giving the page conflict evidence from Ukraine, Mali, Afghanistan, Yemen, and Colombia.

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Electronic Warfare

Systems built to sense, relay, jam, deceive, or attack electromagnetic networks.

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SQUIRE, Man-portable ground surveillance radar, Electronic Warfare2014 Russia-Ukraine WarSQUIREMan-portable ground surveillance radarBuilt in: NetherlandsSQUIRE is a Thales Nederland man-portable ground surveillance radar built to detect, track, and classify moving ground, low-level air, and maritime targets while supporting artillery and mortar fire adjustment. Dutch parliamentary material identified Squire battlefield surveillance radars among the Netherlands' February 2022 military deliveries for Ukraine, and Janes reported that two Squire 2D ground-surveillance radars were supplied alongside AN/TPQ-36 Firefinder weapon-locating radars.

Category

Naval Systems

Warships, submarines, unmanned surface vessels, naval craft, and maritime combat systems.

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Thales MCM USV, Mine countermeasures uncrewed surface vessel, Naval SystemsThales MCM USVMine countermeasures uncrewed surface vesselBuilt in: France / United KingdomThales MCM USV is the 12 m uncrewed surface-vessel element of the Franco-British MMCM/SLAM-F mine-countermeasure system. The craft works from shore, a portable command center, or a mothership with payloads such as TSAM towed sonar, a remotely operated vehicle, and supporting command-and-control software, keeping operators outside the minefield while the system searches, classifies, and supports neutralisation of underwater threats. Public sources document prototype deliveries from 2021 and French and Royal Navy production deliveries from 2024 onward; this entry does not claim verified combat employment.