Thales in India

India’s “Make in India” policy is fully supported by Thales. Our strategy of developing industrial footprint in India is in line with the government’s aim to develop the defence base of the country. With this as the backdrop, Thales has formed various co-operative partnerships with public and private sector industries, bringing in its expertise in delivering high-end technology solutions. 

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL): Thales has been working closely with HAL for over 50 years. We provide high-end avionics to equip the platforms that HAL designs.

Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL): Incorporated in August 2014 as BEL-Thales Systems Limited (BTSL), this JV is dedicated to civilian and select ground-based military radars.

Reliance Aerostructure Limited: Created in 2017, this JV with Reliance Aerostructure leverages Thales’ offset commitment as part of the Rafale contract, developing Indian capabilities to integrate and maintain Radar and Electronic Warfare sensors. Other Cooperations include Bharat Dynamics Limited, a Government of India enterprise, Kalyani Group and MKU among others.

Growing with universities: Thales is partnering with the Central Manufacturing Technology Institute (CMTI) of India since 2022 and IIIT Delhi since 2021 for advanced collaborative research and development in the field of Open Hardware. The Group is also partnering with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, IIT Delhi, IIT Bombay and Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore for jointly supervised PhD fellowship programmes over the past years.
 

Aerospace in India

Thales is present in India's civilian aerospace. Thales is present in the civilian aerospace sector with the following references, including retrofit of avionics and In-Flight Entertainment (IFE) to Air India (Airbus and Boeing fleets, critical avionics to low cost airline IndiGo and Jet Airways, as well as Navigational aids to Airport Authority of India. 

Cyber Security and Digital Identity in India

Thales has a strong presence in India serving the needs of the country from payment to enterprise security and the internet of things (IoT) – enabling businesses and governments to deliver secure digital services for billions of individuals and things. Our engineering competence centre in Delhi-NCR is based in Noida and is focused on our Digital Identity and Security business.

Careers at Thales in India

Joining Thales means becoming part of a network of more than 30,000 engineers and subject-matter experts including Nobel Prize winners. Thales is strengthening the presence in India by recruiting hundreds of new employees. Primarily seeking hardware engineers, specifically FPGA, software engineers, systems engineers and experts in digital technologies especially cybersecurity – for its engineering centres in Noida and Bengaluru. We master technology at the service of humanity, caring for work-life balance and enabling our people to succeed.

Events in India

Thales regularly participates in local events in India and abroad to showcase its expertise and meet the stakeholders of our main markets. These events include, but not limited to, DefExpo and Aero India. Whether you are interested in defence, digital identity and security, aerospace or other market specific solutions, there should be a date and place to meet us.