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Thales in Canada

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Thales has been operating in Canada for over 50 years and is the leading critical systems provider for urban transport, defence, security and aerospace.

Sales across Thales operations in Canada exceed CAD 500 million, and the company is strongly committed to development and innovation in a range of high-tech fields for both domestic and international markets.

Innovation and research

Thales is a major player in technological development and innovation in Canada. Through its close ties with research institutions, government organisations and academic partners, including Laval University, the University of Toronto and Concordia University, the company is helping to advance research in defence, cybersecurity, data processing and biometrics.

One of Thales’s five global research and technology centres is located in Quebec. Its mission is to develop broad-based expertise and project its image and influence as widely as possible in order to secure funding for the development of innovative technologies, and promote scientific knowledge in Thales’s various areas of business: defence, public safety and security, cybersecurity, aerospace and urban transport. The Canada R&T centre specialises in decision-support systems, cybersecurity, public security, big data technologies, human factors, cognitive engineering and Android mobility apps.

Thales also hosts the Joint Research Unit in Urban Sciences (UMRsu) at its Quebec facility as part of an ongoing commitment to smart and safe cities. The UMRsu focuses on solutions that improve efficiency and smooth, seamless operations in the city, whether in transport, governance, security, urban planning or urban logistics. This 280-sq.m. laboratory is a partnership between the Quebec City authorities, Laval University, the National Institute of Scientific Research, the Quebec Metro High Tech Park and Thales Canada, and receives support from the government of the province of Quebec.

Urban transport

Thales is a global technology leader with unparalleled experience in ground transportation systems. No other company in the world is able to offer such an extensive portfolio of electronic and IT systems for urban transport operators, from signalling and traffic supervision to communications, security and revenue collection.

Thales employs close to 1,300 people at its urban transport signalling business in Canada. The Toronto centre of excellence is where Thales develops the increasingly innovative technologies needed to support urban mobility.

A pioneer in urban signalling

Thales first developed the CBTC signalling concept in the 1980s, and this fully- automated, integrated and modular solution remains the market leader to this day. The SelTrac™ CBTC system is in service on 86 lines in 40 of the world’s largest cities, including New York, Vancouver, London, Paris, Dubai, Singapore, Hong Kong and Shanghai, equipping a total of 2,500 km of track and serving over 3 billion passengers per year.

Thales in Canada:

• Long-standing presence for

over 50 years

• Six Thales facilities across the

country: Vancouver, Toronto,

Ottawa, Montreal (2 sites) and

Quebec

• Thales employs 1,800 people

in Canada and invests 18% of

revenues in research and

development

• 58% of sales are exports

Key points:

Transportation

• The SelTrac™ train control system

from Thales is in service on over

2,500 km of metro and light rail

track in 40 of the world’s largest

cities.

• SkyTrain in Vancouver, one of the

longest automated rapid transit

systems in the world, has been

equipped with SelTrac™ CBTC

technology from Thales since it

entered service in 1985.

Aerospace

• Thales in Canada hosts the

Group’s centre of excellence in

fly-by-wire flight control systems

and has designed the systems for

some of the world’s most

successful business jets from

Gulfstream, Bombardier, Textron

Aviation and Embraer.

Defence

• Thales in Canada is a major

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The SkyTrain rail system in Vancouver, one of the longest automated rapid transit systems in the world, with 79.6 km of track, relies on CBTC technology from Thales. Opened in 1985 as a legacy project of Expo 86, SkyTrain was the first large-scale public transport system to use fully computer-controlled trains.

The SkyTrain network has been extended several times; the most recent Evergreen Extension to the Millennium Line began revenue service in December 2016. The Vancouver rapid transit system now has 53 stations and continues to provide extremely safe and reliable service thanks to Thales technology.

Security

Positioned as a value-added systems integrator, equipment supplier and service provider, Thales is one of Europe’s leading players in the security market. The company’s security business works closely with public service agencies, local authorities and businesses to develop and implement the integrated and robust solutions needed to protect citizens, sensitive data and critical infrastructure.

Thales offers best-in-class cryptographic systems and is a world leader in cybersecurity solutions for defence, government, critical infrastructure providers, telecoms operators, industry and the financial sector. With a value proposition spanning the entire data security chain, Thales offers a comprehensive range of services and solutions, from security consulting to data protection, digital trust management, development, integration, certification and security maintenance of cybersecured systems, and cyberthreat management.

In 2016, Thales opened a Cybersecurity Operations Centre (CSOC) in Toronto, which provides information system supervision and intrusion detection for the most demanding customers. This is Thales’s fifth CSOC worldwide, alongside the other centres in France, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Hong

supplier and long-standing

partner of the Department of

National Defence, helping the

Canadian Armed Forces to

accomplish increasingly complex

missions.

Innovation

• Canada is home to one of Thales’s

five global research and

technology (R&T) centres, part of

a vibrant research and innovation

ecosystem that brings together

the Canadian government,

leading universities and local

SMEs.

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Defence

Thales in Canada is a trusted prime contractor and systems integrator for the country’s defence and security, and continues to invest in people, technologies and innovative solutions. Thales is proud to be a preferred partner of the Canadian Armed Forces, developing solutions that meet the increasingly complex challenges they face. Thales in Canada has been a major supplier and partner of the Department of National Defence (DND) for over 50 years, and plays an important role in supporting the Armed Forces in the success of their missions.

Thales works closely with over 500 other Canadian companies, generating business in excess of CAD 140 million every year, and is committed to the ongoing development of innovative Canadian technologies and locally sourced defence solutions.

Navy and Coast Guard

As a Tier 1 partner to Seaspan’s Vancouver shipyard, Thales is supporting Canada’s non-combatant National Shipbuilding Strategy as a key systems integrator for the Royal Canadian Navy and the Canadian Coast Guard.

Thales is currently delivering its Commander C3 product to the Navy and Coast Guard to provide a comprehensive maritime picture made up of more than 70 systems under the Interdepartmental Maritime Integrated Command, Control and Communications (IMIC3) project.

The company is also providing in-service support for critical combat systems, equipping Canada's Victoria-class submarines and supplying key sensors for the modernised Halifax-class ships.

Land forces

Thales is a trusted C2 supplier to the Canadian Armed Forces, working with local partners to enable the digital transformation and deliver best-in-class command, control and communication solutions.

A culture of continuous innovation supports Thales's ability to consistently

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design, deliver and support world-class solutions to meet the evolving operational requirements of the Canadian Army.

Thales provides end-to-end C4ISR solutions incorporating tactical radios, electronic warfare systems and integrated C2 applications.

As an industry leader in uncooled optronics technology, Thales provides innovative thermal imaging solutions and counter-IED systems to the Canadian Army, further demonstrating the company's commitment to constant innovation in Canada.

Thales engineers are supporting the design, development and evolution of the Army’s digital command and control systems in Canada, the Land Command Support System (LCSS).

Aerospace

Fly-by-wire systems and flight controls

Thales’s avionics business in Canada is based in Montreal. It is also the company’s global centre of excellence in flight control systems for business and regional jets.

Working closely with aircraft manufacturers, Thales in Montreal has over 35 years of experience in the development, integration and certification of critical systems meeting the most stringent airworthiness and flight safety standards. Building on this experience, Thales has developed advanced solutions for some of the world’s most innovative aircraft programmes.

Thales's main avionics customers in Canada are business and regional aircraft manufacturers, such as Gulfstream, Bombardier, Textron Aviation and Embraer, who systematically benefit from the latest avionics technologies developed by Thales worldwide.

InFlyt Experience

Thales in-flight entertainment and connectivity solutions enhance the passenger experience. They have been selected by 700 airlines worldwide for a total of 19,000 aircraft:

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- 10,000 are equipped with an IFE system

- 6,500 offer Wi-Fi connectivity

In Canada, Thales has a 57% share of the IFE market. Eleven airlines and 430 aircraft are equipped with IFE systems, including 350 aircraft operated by Air Canada and its subsidiaries.