Thales: looks back on 2022 as a 'decisive' year for space
January 04, 2023 at 04:16 am EST
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Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), looks back on a year 2022 that was 'decisive for the future of space, marked both by growth in the sector in the commercial field, but also by the dynamic impetus provided by States and major agencies'.
Against this backdrop, the Ministerial Council of the European Space Agency 2022 concluded with the allocation of a budget of 16.9 billion euros, up 17% on the 2019 ministerial, says Thales Alenia Space.
The company says it is the leader in the geostationary market, with 6 contracts for telecommunications satellites by 2022, and is at the heart of manned lunar exploration missions with Orion and the Lunar Gateway, as well as two pioneering missions in very low Earth orbit.
Finally, the company is announcing 12 key launches in 2022, including Artemis I, 2 supply ships and 3 satellites dedicated to planetary observation.
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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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