Thales-Raytheon Systems Company LLC (ThalesRaytheonSystems or TRS) is an aerospace and defence company co-headquartered in Massy, France and Fullerton, California, United States.[1] It is operated as a 50:50 joint venture between Raytheon Technologies (formerly Raytheon Company) and Thales Group.
ThalesRaytheon was formed in June 2001 to combine the radar and Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence or C4I systems product lines of the two firms. aerospace control systems. In addition to the supply of various defense electronics systems, the company provides maintenance, repair, logistic support, technical assistance, software support, overhaul, and system life extension services to end users.[2]
History
On 16 December 2000, French electronics and defense specialist Thales S.A. and American defense contractor Raytheon Company announced the creation of ThalesRaytheon Systems. Prior to this, the two companies already cooperated on 17 individual programs of various sizes; they both possessed extensive military electronics product lines that generated between $500 million and $700 million in annual revenue by 2000.