- France
- Private company
- MEUDON, France
- EU projects: sensing 9, computing and simulation 6, communication 3 (some areas are keyword suggestions pending review)
Fact sheet
- Type
- Private company CORDIS (portal record), retrieved 18 October 2026
- Legal form
- Société anonyme (LEI found by legal name and country) GLEIF, retrieved 20 October 2026
- Country and city
- France CORDIS (portal record), retrieved 18 October 2026
- Identifiers
- LEI 529900FNDVTQJOVVPZ19 (found by legal name and country) GLEIF, retrieved 20 October 2026
- Patents
- 52 quantum patent families (applicant "THALES") EPO Open Patent Services, retrieved 22 October 2026
- EU and national projects
- 28 projects in this catalogue CORDIS, Funding & Tenders Portal, national funders
- Not yet known from our sources
- Founded, Employees, Revenue and capital
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Identity
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- LEI (GLEIF)
- 529900FNDVTQJOVVPZ19
- Registered legal name
- THALES (FR)
- Registered direct parent
- None reported: a reporting exception is registered
- Registered ultimate parent
- None reported: a reporting exception is registered
Sources: GLEIF Level 1 and Level 2 data (CC0), retrieved 20 October 2026.
EU projects and funding
21 EU-funded quantum projects in CORDIS name this organisation as a participant (start years 2017 to 2026).
Net EU contribution to this organisation: EUR 10,935,685. The sum of its own net EU contribution in each of these projects, as CORDIS records it per participant.
Projects by technology pillar
- Quantum computing and simulation: 7
- Quantum sensing and metrology: 7
- Quantum communication: 3
- Enabling technologies and supply chain: 1
Follow the money: all awards by programme and country
Source: CORDIS (European Commission), snapshot retrieved 2026-10-16, reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU on the reuse of Commission documents; stored 2 November 2026.
Publications and preprints
OpenAlex lists 7,996 works for this institution (Thales (France)), 322 of them about quantum technologies.
Source: OpenAlex (CC0), retrieved 20 October 2026.
Funding rounds and lab-to-market journey
- First EU-funded quantum project
- 2017-09-01: GreQuE
- First EIC Pathfinder or Transition project
- 2022-04-01: QuMicro
- Stages reached
- EU-funded quantum project in CORDIS; EIC Pathfinder or EIC Transition project
Source: lab-to-market journeys built from CORDIS and the curated funding rounds file, stored 2 November 2026.
Technology families and SRIA goals
Source: the shared quantum technology taxonomy of the portal, assignments confirmed by an editor; profile stored 2 November 2026.
Related goals of the draft SRIA 2026
8 goals of the draft SRIA 2026 concern these technologies; the first 6 are listed.
- Goal by 2035: Lead in quantum sensors through validated, field-deployable and industrially relevant system performance: sensitivity, stability and traceability, robustness, size and power, and advantage benchmarked against classical sensors.
- Goal by 2035: European suppliers should hold a defined share of the EU installed base in named product classes, with less reliance on non-European bottleneck components.
- Milestone 2030 KPI: At least three sensor classes reach TRL 6–7, with selected priority platforms validated in relevant environments.
- Milestone 2030 KPI: EU-based pilot lines cut foreign component dependency to below 20%, from about 60% of key enabling components sourced outside the EU in 2026.
- Milestone 2030 KPI: Prototype miniaturised systems with at least 50% less size, weight and power, and tested integration in selected platforms.
- Goal 2035 KPI: At least 40 scaled use cases with established commercial markets, and several sensor classes at TRL 8–9 with certified deployment and industrial production.
Source: draft Strategic Research and Industry Agenda 2026 (Quantum Flagship, draft for consultation, 2026-09-19), checked 2026-10-24. Related by technology family only, not by anything this organisation said.
Capabilities on public record
From the supplier directory: each capability with its strongest evidence. A contract, a documented product, a product line or software shows supply; an EU-funded project or a confirmed technology area shows research activity. Not an endorsement or a qualification.
- Post-quantum: hardware security module Product documented by the organisation
- Integrated photonic circuits (Photonic) EU-funded project naming the capability
- Neutral atoms EU-funded project naming the capability
- Quantum sensors and atomic clocks EU-funded project naming the capability
- Quantum sensing and metrology (technology area) Technology area confirmed by an editor
- Quantum sensors and metrology devices Technology area confirmed by an editor
Thales is listed in 21 project(s) in this CORDIS quantum-related snapshot, coordinating 3. Recorded net EU contribution across these projects: EUR 10,935,685. Coverage is limited to the imported dataset; participation is not a verified quantum technology capability.
Source: CORDIS, Publications Office of the European Union (CORDIS). Retrieved 2026-10-16. Licence: European Commission reuse notice (Decision 2011/833/EU). Selected administrative metadata, adapted presentation. No endorsement by the source is implied. Organisation-level data only. Licence: European Commission reuse policy (Decision 2011/833/EU).
Source: cordis.europa.eu · checked 16 Oct 2026