In an environment where technological advantage is paramount, Thales Corporation showcased its land domain capabilities at AUSA 2025. The company, which operates globally across the space, defense, and cybersecurity sectors, attended the event to demonstrate its land-focused solutions and, in its own words, to “be in front of our customers, be in front of our peers and our partners, and work together within the industry to deliver great capability to frontline soldiers.”
Thales USA positioned itself as a manufacturer with a strong footprint in the country. “We come here because we are a manufacturer here in the U.S.,” a company spokesperson told Zona Militar, noting that Thales employs 5,200 people and maintains manufacturing capabilities at more than 40 sites across 20 states. For the company, the AUSA exhibition is “… a great place to bring all that capability together and then showcase it to the U.S. Army.”
Thales structured its presentation around four land capability zones, demonstrating how its technology integrates across the battlefield. One of these areas is Integrated Combat Systems, which includes “any system that can be integrated into vehicles or fixed or tactical infrastructure.” Complementing this is the Dismounted Reconnaissance area, focusing on systems designed to “help soldiers essentially find capability, threats, targets, etc.,” providing tools to enhance situational awareness.
Meanwhile, Tactical Communications Capability is described as fundamental — “the ability to connect the battlefield through communications, both for voice, data, and transmission,” ensuring uninterrupted information flow. Finally, in Army Aviation, the focus is on “making helicopters smart and connected with sensors, predominantly aimed at enabling pilots to do more in the aircraft,” with systems that “take the load off” the pilots, allowing them to use onboard sensors to “see more on the ground to help their comrades.”
Differentiating itself from other manufacturers, the company representative was clear: “We’re not like some of our competitors that build platforms, so we don’t make helicopters, we don’t make vehicles, we don’t make ships or airplanes.” Instead, Thales aims to work with those companies “to really make all those platforms mission-ready, smart, and connected.”
The company’s technology is designed to reduce operator burden. “Everything you see at the stand here is about helping, for example, soldiers aim more accurately [and] helping pilots do more and more on the platform so that systems take the load off them.” The spokesperson concluded that this is “… the kind of technology we really highlight and promote,” emphasizing that Thales solutions are key to modernizing the operational capabilities of both the U.S. Army and its allied forces.
Photographs: Zona Militar.
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