Manufacturer catalog

Thales Group

Thales Group is a French defense, aerospace, cybersecurity, and digital-technology group whose catalog footprint runs through air-defense electronics, radar families, naval mine-countermeasures systems, communications, and related military systems such as Crotale.

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Thales Group is the modern corporate name adopted when Thomson-CSF rebranded in 2000. The group now presents itself as a global technology company spanning defence, aerospace, cyber, and digital markets, with a strong industrial role in sensors, secure communications, command-and-control electronics, air-defense systems, and naval mission systems.

Several cataloged systems are sold or described through group-level Thales product lines even when production is tied to national subsidiaries or legacy businesses. At group level, the relevant context is corporate history, ownership, and recurring product families; conflict-specific sourcing remains attached to the individual weapon records.

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Notable Systems

Crotale, Short-range surface-to-air missile system, Air Defense

Crotale

Short-range surface-to-air missile system

Thales says it equipped Finnish Army ground-based air-defense units with the highly mobile Crotale air-defense missile system, matching the catalog's Thales-manufactured Crotale entry.

Sources: Thales in Finland
Ground Master 200, Mobile medium-range air-surveillance radar, Air Defense

Ground Master 200

Mobile medium-range air-surveillance radar

Thales describes Ground Master 200 as a medium-range radar family for detecting and tracking low- to high-altitude threats, matching the catalog's Ground Master 200 record.

Sources: Ground Master 200
Thales MCM USV, Mine countermeasures uncrewed surface vessel, Naval Systems

Thales MCM USV

Mine countermeasures uncrewed surface vessel

Thales PathMaster and Franco-British MMCM material support the uncrewed mine-countermeasures architecture represented by the catalog's Thales MCM USV record.

Sources: PathMaster mine countermeasures

Manufacturer History

  1. Thomson-CSF becomes Thales

    Thales' own historical materials describe 2000 as the year Thomson-CSF became Thales, marking the modern group name adopted after the rebrand.

    Sources: Integrated Report 2020-2021

  2. 2025 full-year results published

    Thales reported 2025 full-year results in March 2026, with order intake of EUR25.3 billion and sales of EUR22.1 billion, underscoring the group's scale across defence, aerospace, and cyber markets.

    Sources: Thales 2025 Full-Year Results

Predecessors
Thomson-CSF
Subsidiaries
Thales UKThales NederlandThales AustraliaThales Belgium
Website links
Official websiteAbout ThalesInvestor RelationsReports and dataShare and shareholdingGround Master 200PathMaster mine countermeasures

Manufacturer Sources

  • Thales HomePublisher: Thales Group | Note: Supports Thales' current identity as a global technology leader spanning defence, aerospace, security, digital, and cyber markets. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • About ThalesPublisher: Thales Group | Note: Supports the company's current market scope in defence, aerospace, space, cyber, and digital systems and its role as a defense-industrial manufacturer with more than 85,000 employees on five continents. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Thales Terms and ConditionsPublisher: Thales Group | Note: Supports the registered office at 4 rue de la Verrerie, 92190 Meudon, France and the corporate use of the Thales SA legal-name form. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Integrated Report 2020-2021Publisher: Thales Group | Note: Supports the 2000 rebrand from Thomson-CSF to Thales and the group's long-running defense-electronics identity. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Thales in FinlandPublisher: Thales Group | Note: Supports the company's Crotale air-defense product context and the statement that Thales equipped Finnish Army ground-based air-defense units with Crotale systems. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • OpenStreetMap Nominatim geocodePublisher: OpenStreetMap | Note: Supports the headquartersLocation map center for Thales' registered office at 4 rue de la Verrerie, Meudon; used only for geocoding and map placement. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • File:Thales Building, London Road, Manor Royal, Crawley (September 2014) (1).jpgPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Wikimedia Commons file page for a CC0 photo of a Thales building in Crawley; source for the rights-clear manufacturer image. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Share and ShareholdingPublisher: Thales Group | Note: Supports the Euronext Paris public-company context and the identification of the French public sector and Dassault Aviation as major Thales shareholders. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Ground Master 200Publisher: Thales Group | Note: Supports official Thales manufacturer context for Ground Master 200 and its medium-range air-defense radar role. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • PathMaster mine countermeasuresPublisher: Thales Group | Note: Supports official Thales context for PathMaster, MMCM, autonomous drones, sonar, and uncrewed mine-countermeasures system architecture. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Thales 2025 Full-Year ResultsPublisher: Thales Group | Note: Supports the March 2026 publication of Thales' 2025 full-year results, including EUR25.3 billion order intake and EUR22.1 billion sales. | Accessed: 2026-07-11

Produced weapons

Category

Air Defense

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

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Crotale, Short-range surface-to-air missile system, Air Defense2014 Russia-Ukraine War, 2014 Yemen Civil War +1 moreCrotaleShort-range surface-to-air missile systemBuilt in: FranceCrotale is a French short-range surface-to-air missile family built around radar and electro-optical target tracking for point defense of forces, bases, ships, and strategic sites. The family spans the original R440 Crotale, export derivatives such as Shahine and Cactus, and the Crotale NG/Crotale Mk3 line using VT-1-family interceptors. France supplied Crotale NG systems to Ukraine during the 2014 Russia-Ukraine War, while Shahine and Cactus variants give the system a longer conflict record in Saudi and South African service.