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2001 '''Shorts Missile Systems''' was renamed as '''Thales Air Defence''' Limited. | 2001 '''Shorts Missile Systems''' was renamed as '''Thales Air Defence''' Limited. | ||
2007 Won order for signaling system for | 2007 Won order for a replacement signaling system for the Piccadilly underground line in London<ref> The Times January 30, 2007</ref> | ||
2010 8,500 UK employees<ref>The Times, November 26, 2010</ref> | |||
== See Also == | == See Also == | ||
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Thales Group is a French multinational company that designs and builds electrical systems and provides services for the aerospace, defence, transportation and security markets. The headquarters are in Neuilly-sur-Seine (in the suburbs of Paris), and its stock is listed on the Euronext Paris.
The company changed its name to Thales from Thomson-CSF in December 2000 shortly after the £1.3 billion acquisition of Racal Electronics, a UK defence electronics group
2001 Shorts Missile Systems was renamed as Thales Air Defence Limited.
2007 Won order for a replacement signaling system for the Piccadilly underground line in London[1]
2010 8,500 UK employees[2]