The Thales Group is a technology leader in safety and security mainly in the Defense, Security, Aerospace & Transportation area. The expertise of its 84,000 employees and its presence in 68 countries make it a key actor in the security of citizens, infrastructures and nations.
Thales in BE & LUX encompasses different entities, which employs around 1000 employees;
Thales Belgium SA is a company which employs more than 280 people, as well more than 80 externals, consists of 2 sites;
The Tubize site is one of the Group’s competence centers specializing in the design, development and supply of critical information systems for all types of platforms used by customers in the Defense, Security (including Cyber Security), Aeronautics and Transportation sectors.
The Herstal site specializes in the design, development, production and supply of weapon systems and ammunitions for use by customers within Defense, Aerospace and Land.
AvioBook based in Hasselt, which is an international aviation software provider with the agility of a start-up. It employs more than 70 collaborators, is developing high quality solutions that extends Thales’Electronics Flight Bag Offer, ranging from full systems to state-of-the-art application.
Excellium Services, established in BE and LUX, is a cyber-security consulting and technology Integration Company which employs about 160 people acting in the information security domain.
Thales Alenia Space with more than 600 people located in Charleroi, Leuven and Hasselt is the Belgian number 1 in space electronics applications for satellites and launchers, a world leader in power conditioning and distribution for satellites, a major player in the electronics for European launchers and will be the only one in Europe to automatically produce solar panels for satellites.
Thales has served the Belgian defence, security, aerospace, transportation and space markets for more than 50 years and maintains presence in Brussels to serve the European institutions and NATO.