Thales provides air traffic management equipment to the air industry. Two out of every three aircraft take off, reach their destination and land thanks to Thales’ systems. The company is the worldwide leader with over 240 TopSky ATM solutions, 7,000 Navaids, 600 radars, 1,600 ADS-B/ MLAT stations, and over 16,000 controllers utilising Thales solutions. Thales is the number 1 industrial partner to SESAR, and is also involved in NextGen and ICAO Block upgrades.
As part of the research and development activities, Thales has established SkyCentre in Rungis, France. SkyCentre is a unique environment that has been specifically designed to reflect a real operational ATM setting. The role of SkyCentre is to enable ATM professionals to share and advance their best operational practices and to validate new concepts, including those coming from SESAR and NextGen and perform real time simulations in a realistic operational environment.
SkyCentre also operates as a showcase and demonstration facility for Thales ATM technology.