We provide the project management and organizational expertise needed to ensure that all parties involved work together effectively to deliver complex programs that meet our customers’ evolving needs, on time and on budget.
We manage the entire life cycle of programs for our customers and partners. We ensure the system’s underlying fundamentals and its development. We are responsible for assessing the technological challenges as well as the scope and sharing of tasks between partners. And we manage, coordinate and guarantee the ultimate efficacy of the systems delivered. This is the added value we provide as an industrial architect.
Our focus as a design architect is on developing data‑driven systems with resilient and adaptable architectures, as well as collaborative functions that can be distributed across multiple platforms to cope with potentially compromised network conditions.
We are the leading industrial partner in the European New Generation Fighter (NGF) program, a mainstay of the Future Combat Air System (FCAS). On the basis of the concept study contract signed in January 2019, France and Germany officially announced the start of preliminary development work on the NGF demonstrator. In December 2020, Spain became the third partner in the FCAS program.
A networked system, the FCAS includes the NGF, existing fighters, UAVs, and cruise missiles, which are all integrated with other defense systems.
The Rafale continues to surge ahead thanks to a combination of technological advances and user feedback. Its F3‑R standard, launched in 2014, entered initial operational capability in December 2019. It will be followed by the F4 standard: starting in 2022 for certain functions, with full operational capability scheduled for 2024.
The F4 standard focuses on connectivity, survivability, combat engagement capabilities and dispatch reliability. The first export order for the F4 was placed by the United Arab Emirates in December 2021, with a contract for the purchase of 80 Rafales.
Future Rafale standards are already being planned.
The Falcon 10X was unveiled in May 2021. It is set to become the most comfortable and spacious ultra‑long‑range business jet on the market. Its entry into service is scheduled for late 2025.
The Falcon 6X program was launched in February 2018 for entry into service in late 2022. It completed its first flight on March 10, 2021.
The contract for the maritime surveillance Falcon Albatros (AVSIMAR) was officially announced in December 2020.
The Archange airborne strategic intelligence program was officially announced in December 2019. It will be based on three Falcon 8X aircraft equipped with electronic warfare systems designed by Thales.
The nEUROn is the first stealth combat drone (UCAV) to date to be developed as a joint European program. Since its first flight in 2012, the nEUROn has completed 160 test flights, which have yielded invaluable information with regard to its advanced stealth and operational support capabilities.
Our expertise enables us to design cutting‑edge projects and to support future French and European space activities, which are central to strategic autonomy.
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