In aerospace, Thales represents 30% of the Saudian market, in Defence, it represents 50% of the market for the air force and electronic war, 40% for the naval, 10% for the air and 20% for Defence in the ground.
Their competitors are generally
Americans and Europeans:
- Americans competitors: Boeing, Lockheed-martin, Northrop, General Dynamics
- British competitors: British aerospace
- French competitors: EADS
- Deutsch competitors: DASA, Siemens
- Swiss competitors: Oerlikon
- Swedish competitors: Bofors, Saab
All are big defence industries
and all are dangerous ( above the Americans and British).