There are also enterprises owned by a combination of industry and government, such as the French Thales Group.
A British company founded in 1950, Racal is now part of Thales Group.
Thales Group is a French electronics company involved in, among others, defense and security markets.
In June 2005, the Thales Group and Accenture were chosen as suppliers.
Thales Group was awarded the contract.
Racal (now Thales Group) provided antennas for the Bowman contract.
The Thales Group opened a new manufacturing and office complex in Crawley in 2009.
It is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Thales Group.
However, the contract was awarded to the Thales Group.
The automatic fare collection system is supplied by Thales Group.