Integrated Report 2020-2021

VISION AND STRATEGY

DIGITAL, A GROWTH DRIVER IN ALL OUR BUSINESS LINES

The majority of Thales markets are digital in nature, as a link in critical decision-making chains. Digital technology enables new services and new business models to be offered in an increasingly wider range of applications.

Value creation is shared: digitisation enables improved functionality to be offered to our customers and more recurring revenues for Thales.

Additional growth potential

BREAKTHROUGH INNOVATIONS

DIGITAL DREAM PRODUCTS BY NATURE ADDITIONAL DIGITAL SERVICES AND BUSINESS MODELS

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Digital technologies structure the future of our industries

PUREFLYT, THE BRAIN OF TOMORROW’S AIRCRAFT

BIOMETRICS: IMAGINING NEW ARCHITECTURES TO REDUCE THE TIME FOR COMPLEX COMPUTATIONS

- 2020 INTEGRATED REPORT

Thales is developing PureFlyt, an innovative flight management system , which improves in-flight efficiency and security. The PureFlyt system relies on data from the aircraft or drone, but also on data from the outside world, especially meteorological data. To do this, a massive volume of data, combining in-depth knowledge of avionics, connectivity and 40 years of expertise is processed in flight management systems. The artificial intelligence used in the design has enabled 100 million hours of flight experience to be accumulated. The system calculates alternative trajectories in real time and reacts quickly to program changes. It allows crews to take better decisions, continually refine the trajectory and optimise the flight for lower fuel consumption and greater passenger comfort.

To improve the performance of its biometric matching system, Thales has worked in particular on the performance/efficiency trade-off of its computing architecture using the most advanced microelectronics techniques. The solution reduces the number of servers required and the carbon footprint by 50% compared to previous solutions. In fact, biometric data processing and comparison require massive computational capacity. The Thales solution enables border agencies and any other government agency working in real time to benefit from a scaleable solution, by reducing costs.

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€1bn self-financed investments in R&D each year More than 3,000 30,000 employees work in the Group’s technical operations researchers

80% of our engineers are specialists in systems or software

Recognised as the leading European industrial company in the field of physics by Nature magazine

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