With over 50 years of history in Latin America, Thales is a strategic partner in Latin America. The opening day of the 12th edition of LAAD, marks a crucial milestone that will change the face of Thales in Latin America, this morning at a ceremony in Paris, Thales announced they have finalized the acquisition of Gemalto, making them the world’s leader in data security and the critical decision chain. thales iot

The implications of this acquisition to Thales will be on display at Latin America’s largest defense and security exhibition, where the group will showcase its leadership position in digital technologies across all the key domains of operations in the region, including Aerospace, Space and Defence.

Thales is a reference for strategic national programmes in all its markets in Latin America. In the past decade, Thales has invested over €150 million in Latin America in technology transfers, training and the development of its regional industrial footprint, particularly with regard to its Brazilian subsidiary Omnisys, a centre of excellence for radars, sonars and services.

With today’s announcement if the finalization of the acquisition of Gemalto, a world-renowned digital security developer, Thales will be in a leadership position across all technologies underpinning the critical decision chain for companies, organizations and governments. Following this acquisition, Gemalto will form one of Thales’s seven global business unit (GBU), called Digital Identity and Security, and interact with all of the Group’s civil and military customers and will significantly strengthen its industrial presence in 68 countries. thales iot

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Thales in Latin America now boasts approx. 2,500 employees, five manufacturing units in the region (three in Brazil and two in Mexico) and three engineering competence centers, in Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia. As the newest world leader in digital security, with 80,000 employees in 68 countries, Thales now provides a broad portfolio that includes security software, biometric multifactor authentication, and issuing secure digital and physical credentials.

Thales will continue to invest in Latin America as part of its global strategy, developing and expanding its operations in Brazil, Mexico, Chile, and other Latin American countries to meet its clients’ most varied requirements, always in partnership with local companies, strengthening its long-term relationship with those markets.

During LAAD 2019, authorities, delegations and all visitors will be able to check out Thales’s technological solutions:

Aerospace: as a leader in air traffic control, with more than 200 radars and 30 air traffic control centres operating across many Latin American countries, Thales will demonstrate its expertise and solutions for the aerospace market, such as the LP23SST radars.

Recently, Omnisys was contracted by the Brazilian Air Force to supply three complete radar stations to further extend air space coverage in the country’s borders, aiming to increase detection of illegal aircraft flying at lower levels.

Space: Thales will demonstrate the success of the Geostationary Defence and Strategic Communications Satellite (SGDC) project, developed for Brazil, as well as its participation in the ALMA (Atacama Large Millimetre/Submillimetre Array) project, in Chile, supplying the 25 European antennas and surface reflector together with the European consortium AEM. In Argentina, Thales was responsible also for the payloads of the ARSAT-1 and ARSAT-2 communication satellites and, in Bolivia, provided transponders to the Tupac Katari 1 satellite, as well as collaborated in the development of the Geo Lab project. Thales will also demonstrate the successful BlackSky optical observation satellite as well as Stratobus, a new concept of stratospheric airship.

Defence: The solutions for radars, as Ground Master 400 (GM400) and the Ground Master 200 (GM200), the sonar Kingklip, certified as a ‘Strategic Defence Product’ in Brazil, the NS100 radar and MANSUP Seeker, will be presented in the exhibition.

Thales will also present a dedicated area for Naval Experience, where all innovations for Navies around the globe will be exhibited. Recently, Thales supplied sonar, communication, and electronic warfare solutions for the Brazilian submarine development program (PROSUB), and a full combat system solution for the Mexican Frigates POLA (Patrullera Oceanica de Largo Alcance), which also includes the transfer of technology. The most innovative solutions for communication systems will be presented in LAAD, with Synaps, Software-Defined Radio, naval comm, Voice & Data intercom, SOTAS, Squadnet and Mission link IMBITR radios, and MissionLINK that provides voice and broadband data coverage anywhere in the world. thales iot

«LAAD is one of the most important events in our calendar, and, once again, we are proud to be present with our technologies and solutions and even more honored to be able to share that, in this event, the acquisition of Gemalto is a real milestone for the Group and for Latin America. The region continues to be essential to the company’s global growth strategy, and the expectations reflect our enthusiasm to better serve our customers, from the depths of the oceans to the infinity of space and cyberspace, offering the highest technologies in connectivity, cybersecurity, big data and artificial intelligence». Ruben Lazo, Vice-President Thales, Latin America. thales iot