Thales: "steadfast partner in Indian's growth story"
As India moves towards its goal of Atmanirbharta or self-reliance, it opens up immense opportunities for local and global organisations across the defence and aerospace sectors among others to work together and strengthen the industrial ecosystem in the country.
Backed by its strong presence in diverse verticals like defence, aerospace, transportation and digital identity and security, Thales has been “an unwavering partner in India’s ambitious plans and growth story by sharing its niche technologies and expertise.” As a company driven by its purpose of building a future one can trust, Thales has been striving to closely work with its customers and meet their requirements with the best possible solutions. Recently, Thales moved to a bigger and smarter India headquarters in Noida, that also has a bigger engineering centre dedicated to its digital identity and security business. This new office is a key stake for Thales in India, symbolises the Group’s long-term commitment to the country, and demonstrates how Thales is growing bigger and becoming more ‘local’.
In its journey of close to 70 years in this country, Thales has built a mature industrial footprint backed by its joint ventures with Bharat Electronics Ltd dedicated to radars, with Samtel dedicated to military avionics and Reliance Aerostructure Limited for electronic warfare and airborne radar as well as over 75 supply chain partners and other industrial partners. The company has also been closely working with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited for over five decades.
Thales is a proud member of the Rafale India team. It has also successfully undertaken the upgrade of the Mirage 2000 programme together with Dassault Aviation while working closely with HAL, among other key programmes of the Indian Air Force, Indian Navy and Indian Army. It continues to bring its latest technologies that serve modernisation needs of the Indian Armed Forces.