Editing Terma A/S (section)

{{Short description|Danish Aerospace Manufacturer}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Terma A/S
| logo = [[File:Terma tagline RGB black.JPG|200px]]
| industry = Electronics, Defense, Aerospace
| key_people = Henriette Hallberg Thygesen (CEO)
| products = Aeronautics, Space, Surveillance & Mission Systems
| revenue = DKK 2,633 million (2023/2024)<ref name="terma.com">{{cite web |url=https://www.terma.com/reports/annual-2023-2024/annual-report-2023-2024.html |title=Terma Annual Report 2023/24 |website=Terma.com |accessdate=4 June 2024 }}</ref>
| net_income = DKK 206 million (2023/2024)<ref name="terma.com"/>
| num_employees = 1,800 (2024)
| foundation = 1944
| homepage = [http://www.terma.com]
}}

'''Terma A/S''' is a [[Denmark|Danish]] [[Weapon industry|defense]] and [[aerospace manufacturer]] for both civilian and military applications, and is owned by the Danish company Thrige Holding A/S. It is Denmark's largest company within the aerospace and the defense industry, employing approximately 1,800 people worldwide.<ref>{{cite web |title=Terma Annual Report 2023/24 |url=https://www.terma.com/reports/annual-2023-2024/annual-report-2023-2024.html |accessdate=4 June 2024 |publisher=Terma A/S}}</ref>

The company was founded in 1949 by Orla and Svend Aage Jørgensen; it originally focused on the production of [[thermometer]]s and manometers for ships and various other metal components.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://top1000.borsen.dk/virksomheder/terma/organization/history |title=Børsen Karrierelink |website=Top1000.borsen.dk |accessdate=1 August 2018 |archive-date=1 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150501165154/http://top1000.borsen.dk/virksomheder/terma/organization/history |url-status=dead }}</ref> Following its purchase by Thorkild Juncker, Terma A/S refocused itself on the production of electronic measuring instruments along with early [[radar]] systems; it expanded rapidly during the 1950s and 1960s. The firm became a leader in defense electronics, and had diversified into [[air defense]] systems, aircraft avionics, and parts for missile systems by 1970.<ref name = "official history"/> It continued to grow, acquiring various other Danish defense firms during the 1990s. In 1999, Terma A/S acted at the prime contractor for the [[Ørsted (satellite)|Ørsted satellite]], the first Danish satellite to be launched into space.

By 2013, the group's international customers contribute more than 87% of Terma's total sales.<ref name="computerworld">{{cite web |url=http://www.terma.com/press/news-2014/annual-report-201314/ |title=Annual Report 2013/14 |website=Terma.com |accessdate=1 August 2018 |archive-date=1 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180801190634/https://www.terma.com/press/news-2014/annual-report-201314/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://stiften.dk/norddjurs/terma-investerer-millioner-i-grenaa |title=Terma investerer millioner i Grenaa |date=6 April 2008 |website=Stiften.dk |accessdate=1 August 2018}}</ref> Terma A/S headquarters are located in [[Lystrup]] near [[Århus]], Denmark. In Denmark, other Terma facilities are located at [[Grenaa]] and [[Herlev]]. Terma international locations and operations include [[Leiden]] in the [[Netherlands]]; [[Darmstadt]] near [[Frankfurt]], [[Germany]]; [[Harwell Science and Innovation Campus|Harwell]], [[UK]]; [[Singapore]], [[Abu Dhabi]], [[United Arab Emirates]] and [[New Delhi]], [[India]]. In 2004 the company opened an office in [[Warner Robins]],  [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]. Today, the company's U.S. activities also include the Terma North America Inc. headquarters in Arlington, Virginia and offices in Fort Worth, Texas, Norfolk, Virginia and Atlanta, Georgia.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.terma.com/contact/locations/ |title=Locations |website=Terma.com |accessdate=1 August 2018}}</ref>