It was therefore only natural that Dassault Aviation and Thales decided to host this demonstration of the dynamism, openness, and transformations of aeronautics and AI in France at Dassault Aviation in Nouvelle Aquitaine.
For AI applications, Dassault Aviation and Thales (and its AI accelerator for critical systems, cortAIx) rely on extensive and numerous collaborations with, in particular:
- the Aerospace Valley and Astech competitiveness clusters in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Occitanie, and Île-de-France regions,
- the IRT Saint-Exupéry and SystemX research and technology institutes,
- the ANITI and Confiance.AI national AI programs,
- the Inria, ONERA, and CNRS, and CEA,
- AI standardization bodies (BNAE, EUROCAE, etc.),
- civil aviation institutions,
- the AMIAD (Ministerial Agency for Defense AI), the DGA, and the AID at the Ministry of the Armed Forces.
The work of this ecosystem ranges from scientific and applied research to the establishment of norms and standards, including certification, through to industrial and everyday applications of AI, in accordance with ethical principles and national and European regulations (AI Act).
The presentation of the white paper “Contribution of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Sustainable Aeronautics” brought together around 100 guests on September 25. Dassault Aviation, Thales, Inria, the Aerospace Valley cluster, and the “AI Collective for Aeronautics” led presentations and discussions on this book published by CEPADUES. Representatives from the region’s main institutional, academic, and economic bodies participated in the event.
