Thales announces that it has been awarded 'two major cybersecurity contracts for the Galileo Second Generation (G2G) program' by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Commission.
Thales will be in charge of all elements related to the security and resilience of G2G: architecture, security equipment and protection against cyber-attacks in terms of detection and response.
These contracts, which represent a total value of over 60 million euros (excluding options), extend the Group's key role in the cybersecurity of the second generation of the Galileo program, since Thales will be in charge of all elements related to the security and resilience of G2G.
In this way, 'Europe will be equipped with enhanced robustness, in particular to deal with the quantum threat [...] and to ensure the surveillance of the world's leading satellite positioning system, thanks to unprecedented mastery of the processing of masses of data', commented Pierre-Yves Jolivet, VP Cyber Solutions, Thales.
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Thales is one of the European leaders in manufacturing and marketing of electronic equipment and systems for the defense and security, aerospace, and transportation sectors. Net sales break down by product group as follows:
- defense and security systems (53.4%): C4I defense and security systems (control and monitoring systems, communication, protection, cyber-security, and other systems), defense mission systems, naval systems, electronic war systems, drones, air operation systems (air defense, air surveillance), ground defense systems and missiles;
- aerospace systems (28.4%): avionics equipment (cockpit, cabin multimedia, and simulation equipment), space systems (satellites, payloads, etc.);
- digital identification and security solutions (18.2%).
Besides, the group owns a 35% stake in Naval Group (manufacture of naval equipment for defense and nuclear energy sectors).
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: France (29.5%), the United Kingdom (6.6%), Europe (24.8%), the United States and Canada (14%), Asia (9.4%), Near and Middle East (6%), Australia and New Zealand (4.4%) and other (5.3%).
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