Renault, Thales Target 10,000 Toutatis Drones a Year
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Renault, Thales target 10,000 Toutatis drones a year
Renault Group and Thales are joining forces to prepare the Toutatis loitering munition for mass production, an alliance unveiled at the Eurosatory defense exhibition in Paris as demand for short-range precision strike drones continues to climb in active conflict zones. According to Cecilia Aguero of Thales, Toutatis is the company’s short-range loitering munition, offering a range of around 10 kilometers and an endurance of about 30 minutes. Th…
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The car manufacturer Renault and the armaments company Thales are planning the mass production of Kamikaze drones. From 2027 on, up to a thousand Toutatis units are scheduled to roll off the line monthly. The goal is an independent European supply chain. What is still missing: an order. (Continue reading)
Renault and Thales scale drone production
Renault Group and Thales have formed a strategic partnership to develop and manufacture TOUTATIS remotely operated loitering munitions at scale in France. The agreement combines Renault’s automotive manufacturing capability with Thales’ defence systems expertise. Production is expected to draw on industrial methods more familiar to vehicle manufacturing, including process discipline, cost reduction, supplier coordination, and repeatable assembly…
Renault Group and Thales have formalized a large-scale strategic partnership to industrialise the Toutatis teleoperative munition. The two industrial giants aim at an unprecedented rate of 1,000 units per month as early as 2027, to meet the needs of the high-intensity war. Toutatis, the Celtic god of the

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