Dassault Flight-Tests Two AI Algorithms on Rafale
Dassault Aviation has flight-tested two sovereign AI algorithms on the Rafale—one in-house and one with Thales’ cortAIx—as part of a push to integrate supervised cockpit AI and mature them for future Rafale upgrades, underscoring France’s drive for autonomous defense capabilities. The tests follow broader European defense AI initiatives and collaborations with partners, highlighting a path toward more AI-enabled cockpits and coordinated operations with unmanned systems.
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The Dassault Rafale is a French twin-engine, canard delta wing, multirole fighter aircraft designed and built by Dassault Aviation. Equipped with a wide range of weapons, the Rafale is intended to perform air supremacy, interdiction, aerial reconnaissance, ground support, in-depth strike, anti-ship strike and nuclear deterrence missions. Dassault markets the aircraft as an "omnirole" fighter due to its ability to perform multiple distinct mission roles during a single sortie.
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