{"id":17316,"date":"2026-06-17T08:42:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T05:42:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.automotive-today.ro\/?p=17316"},"modified":"2026-06-17T08:42:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T05:42:25","slug":"renault-group-and-thales-join-forces-to-develop-a-sovereign-drone-industry-in-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.automotive-today.ro\/index.php\/2026\/06\/17\/renault-group-and-thales-join-forces-to-develop-a-sovereign-drone-industry-in-france\/","title":{"rendered":"Renault Group and Thales join forces to develop a sovereign drone industry in France"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Thales and Renault Group announce the signing of a partnership agreement to jointly develop and industrialise the large-scale production of Thales&#8217; TOUTATIS loitering munition. This announcement follows the unveiling of the innovative 4 TROOP tactical vehicle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This strategic partnership combines Thales&#8217; cutting-edge defence expertise with Renault Group&#8217;s industrial engineering and manufacturing capabilities to establish a sovereign, agile and competitive drone industry in France, fully aligned with the requirements of the wartime economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through this collaboration, production of loitering munition could begin as early as 2027, with manufacturing capacity of 1,000 units per month from the first year, marking a significant ramp-up in France&#8217;s industrial capacities in this strategic field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This partnership will help secure a resilient and sovereign supply of munitions for France, while addressing the evolving operational and strategic requirements of the armed forces and strengthening the competitiveness of the national defence industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis new strategic partnership between Thales and Renault Group unites the strengths of two French champions in support of France&#8217;s sovereign drone industry. Renault Group brings its industrial expertise to the TOUTATIS project, along with the highest standards of automotive manufacturing, to design, industrialise and produce at scale, within shortened timelines and at optimised costs. I am proud of the work accomplished by our teams. It makes a tangible contribution to the initiatives undertaken with the French Ministry of the Armed Forces and strengthens both French and European defence capabilities\u201d. &#8211; Fran\u00e7ois PROVOST, Chief Executive Officer of Renault Group<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis partnership with Renault Group marks an important milestone in strengthening sovereign, large-scale, world-class capabilities in the field of drones. By combining Thales&#8217; excellence in advanced technologies with Renault Group&#8217;s industrial strength, this partnership addresses the needs of the armed forces while meeting the requirements of the wartime economy.\u201d &#8211; Patrice Caine, Chairman and CEO, Thales<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thales and Renault Group announce the signing of a partnership agreement to jointly develop and industrialise the large-scale production of Thales&#8217; TOUTATIS loitering munition. This announcement follows the unveiling of the innovative 4 TROOP tactical vehicle. This strategic partnership combines [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17318,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[54,1133,56],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.automotive-today.ro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17316"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.automotive-today.ro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.automotive-today.ro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.automotive-today.ro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.automotive-today.ro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17316"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.automotive-today.ro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17319,"href":"https:\/\/www.automotive-today.ro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17316\/revisions\/17319"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.automotive-today.ro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.automotive-today.ro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.automotive-today.ro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.automotive-today.ro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}