{"id":48620,"date":"2026-07-09T07:22:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T07:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/48620\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T07:22:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T07:22:08","slug":"rc-fornax-wins-place-on-thales-engineering-framework-in-boost-to-key-client-relationship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/48620\/","title":{"rendered":"RC Fornax wins place on Thales engineering framework in boost to key client relationship"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"RC<\/a> RC Fornax wins place on Thales engineering framework in boost to key client relationship Proactive uses images sourced from Shutterstock <\/p>\n

RC Fornax PLC (AIM:RCFX)<\/a>, the defence engineering consultancy, has been selected by Thales UK to join its niche supplier framework for sonar and naval architecture work. <\/p>\n

The agreement, awarded after a competitive bidding process, runs for three years with an option for a further two-year extension. <\/p>\n

The win marks a significant step in rebuilding one of the company’s most important client relationships. <\/p>\n

Thales has historically accounted for around 30% of RC Fornax’s revenue, though activity was scaled back recently while the company worked to strengthen the relationship. <\/p>\n

RC Fornax said its inclusion in the framework provides a clear pathway to renewed and expanded engagement with the French defence group. <\/p>\n

The board described the opportunity as strategically significant, saying it underlines the company’s capability in highly specialised naval engineering and strengthens its position as a long-term partner to tier-one defence contractors. <\/p>\n

Paul Reeves, chief executive of RC Fornax, said the award represents “tangible progress in one of our most important client relationships” and validates the company’s strategy of moving from project-based work to structured, long-term partnerships. <\/p>\n

“The potential scale of this opportunity, together with the renewed momentum we are experiencing in client engagement, gives the board confidence in the outlook for the company,” he added. <\/p>\n

Dave Williams, procurement director for underwater systems at Thales UK, said the group is committed to supporting the UK sonar industry and UK small and medium-sized enterprises, adding: “We are looking forward to developing our relationship with RC Fornax.” <\/p>\n

Thales is a global leader in defence, aerospace, cyber and digital technologies, employing more than 85,000 people across 65 countries. <\/p>\n

The group spends approximately \u00a3575 million annually with UK suppliers and commits \u00a3150 million each year to small and medium-sized enterprises. <\/p>\n

RC Fornax delivers outcome-based engineering solutions to critical defence platforms. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"RC Fornax wins place on Thales engineering framework in boost to key client relationship Proactive uses images sourced…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":48621,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13059],"tags":[32065,32064,32063,18245,5719],"class_list":["post-48620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-thales","tag-client-engagement","tag-client-relationship","tag-fornax","tag-relationship","tag-thales"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48620\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}