Renault Group
French automaker partnering with Thales to industrialize production of the Toutatis loitering munition.
Renault Group is a French multinational automaker founded in 1899 (as Société Renault Frères), headquartered in Boulogne-Billancourt, France, and publicly listed since 1994. In June 2026 Renault signed a strategic partnership with Thales to apply its automotive mass-manufacturing methods to industrialize production of the Toutatis kamikaze/loitering munition, targeting up to 1,000 units per month from 2027 (scaling from Thales's current ~100-150 units/year) as part of France's push to build sovereign, wartime-scalable drone production.
Overview
- Headquarters
- Boulogne-Billancourt, France
- Founded
- 1899
- Employees
- ~54,000 (Renault Group, 2026)
- Total funding
- Stage
- Status
- public
- Domains
- Automotive manufacturing, Drone production
- Website
- www.renaultgroup.com
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Frequently asked
- What does Renault Group do?
- Renault Group is a French multinational automaker founded in 1899 (as Société Renault Frères), headquartered in Boulogne-Billancourt, France, and publicly listed since 1994. In June 2026 Renault signed a strategic partnership with Thales to apply its automotive mass-manufacturing methods to industrialize production of the Toutatis kamikaze/loitering munition, targeting up to 1,000 units per month from 2027 (scaling from Thales's current ~100-150 units/year) as part of France's push to build sovereign, wartime-scalable drone production.
- Where is Renault Group headquartered?
- Renault Group is headquartered in Boulogne-Billancourt, France and was founded in 1899.
- What does Renault Group specialize in?
- Renault Group works across Automotive manufacturing, Drone production.
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Renault Group partnered with Thales to industrialize production of the Toutatis loitering munition, targeting 1,000 units/month from 2027
Defense News: France's drone production shifts from policy ambition to factory floorReported2026-08-05