Thales: launches cortAIx, its specialized AI structure
March 28, 2024 at 07:07 am
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Thales announces the creation of cortAIx, a structure that will bring together the Group's AI capabilities in research, sensors and systems.
According to Thales, CortAIx will provide armed forces, aircraft manufacturers and all operators of critical infrastructures with highly secure solutions that will bring them 'greater efficiency in data analysis and decision-making, while taking into account the specific constraints, such as cybersecurity, embeddability and frugality, associated with critical environments'.
With more than 600 AI experts and around 100 PhD students in AI every year, Thales claims to be the leading patent filer in Europe in AI for mission-critical systems.
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Thales is one of the European leaders in manufacturing and marketing of electronic equipment and systems for the defense and security, aerospace, and transportation sectors. Net sales break down by product group as follows:
- defense and security systems (53.4%): C4I defense and security systems (control and monitoring systems, communication, protection, cyber-security, and other systems), defense mission systems, naval systems, electronic war systems, drones, air operation systems (air defense, air surveillance), ground defense systems and missiles;
- aerospace systems (28.4%): avionics equipment (cockpit, cabin multimedia, and simulation equipment), space systems (satellites, payloads, etc.);
- digital identification and security solutions (18.2%).
Besides, the group owns a 35% stake in Naval Group (manufacture of naval equipment for defense and nuclear energy sectors).
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: France (29.5%), the United Kingdom (6.6%), Europe (24.8%), the United States and Canada (14%), Asia (9.4%), Near and Middle East (6%), Australia and New Zealand (4.4%) and other (5.3%).