AI & Defence Software defence companies in France

Alta Ares builds AI-powered defence autonomy systems, spanning interceptor drones, ISR video intelligence, MLOps tooling and autonomous guidance software for unmanned platforms.

Black Bird

Mid- to long-range fixed-wing interceptor optimized for high-speed, long-distance interception missions, with turbojet propulsion and AI terminal guidance.

X-Lock

Short- to mid-range rotary-wing interceptor designed to track and intercept multiple threats in real time for airspace security in high-risk areas.

Pixel Lock C-UAS

AI-powered counter-UAS system for real-time drone detection, tracking and interception using multi-sensor fusion and GNSS-free autonomous guidance.

Gamma ISR

Offline real-time video intelligence software that turns live feeds into actionable detections for threats such as tanks, IFVs and infantry on drones, cameras and optronics.

Builds Prevail, a command and control platform whose AI agents read operational orders, analyse terrain and generate courses of action for military headquarters.

Prevail

The command and control platform Comand AI sells, built as an operating workspace for a military headquarters. A unified data core sits under every view, so orders, map objects, terrain, doctrine and unit reporting stay linked and reusable across missions. The company describes it as a digital command staff of specialised agents, each expert in one function, designed to compress the OODA loop at every echelon while keeping human judgment in charge. It runs from a single laptop acting as a command node and integrates with existing C2, BMS and GIS systems.

Understand the battlefield

Ingests ISR feeds, sensor data, SIGINT, HUMINT, OSINT and geospatial information in real time, from drone video and battlefield sensors through to open-source reporting. A shared military ontology connects information from disparate systems, linking units, locations, events and observations into one live picture. AI analysis runs continuously over that picture to surface emerging threats and relevant activity so operators know what needs attention first.

Mission Planning

Pulls the key information out of operational orders such as OPORDs and FRAGOs so staff begin from a structured picture rather than a stack of documents. It handles terrain reasoning for mobility, key terrain and terrain-aware routing, then forecasts likely enemy courses of action and compares them against friendly ones with force ratio analysis and lightweight wargaming. Comand AI reports mission analysis in about 30 seconds and terrain analysis around 10 times faster than manual staff work.

Lessons Learned / AAR

Turns enemy detections, intercepts, field reports and after-action reviews into structured intelligence that survives past the mission it came from. Past and current observations are connected automatically to reveal recurring enemy patterns, operational trends and blind spots. That material flows back into mission planning, so each operation adds to what the next set of planners can draw on.

Electric propulsion systems, the spacevan orbital transfer vehicle and ExoOPS mission-design software for satellite operators. Delivered a bespoke version of ExoOPS to the French Space Command under a contract with the Defence Innovation Agency.

Builds sovereign European video intelligence software that detects threats, anomalies and security incidents in real time for defence, law enforcement and critical infrastructure operators.

Parrot designs and manufactures European professional micro-UAVs, including ANAFI platforms used by public safety, government and defence operators.

Builds neutral-atom quantum processors for industrial optimization and simulation. Partners with MBDA on defence optimization and Thales on satellite mission planning, backed by France's Defence Innovation Fund with over €340 million in financing.

Look Up Space develops space surveillance and space domain awareness systems for detecting, tracking, analysing and protecting satellites and orbital infrastructure.

Detect and Track

Space surveillance capability for detecting and tracking orbital objects and events.

Radar

Radar technology for collecting orbital surveillance data as part of the Look Up Space architecture.

Develops neuromorphic computing solutions for frugal AI applications in defence and aerospace. Creates brain-inspired computing systems for energy-efficient AI processing.

AI-powered malware analysis and cyber threat detection platform specializing in rapid automated binary analysis.

Builds cloud-native software for satellite command-and-control, pass orchestration and ground station monitoring.

Engineering group building simulation and training systems, embedded deep-learning software and space situational awareness tools for defence. Customers include the French Ministry of Defence, NATO, MBDA, Naval Group, Thales and Airbus Defence & Space.

French behavioural intelligence company building autonomous network self-awareness software for local knowledge accumulation and resilient data determinacy.

ChapsVision develops data-processing, cyber and intelligence platforms used for sovereign investigation, security and defence decision-support workflows.

Builds fully automated drone inspection systems for civil and military aircraft, cutting full airframe inspection time to under one hour.

Wearable tactical computing for field operators, built around the sovereign K-OS Linux platform, K-MESH LoRa mesh beacons and the K-VISOR C4ISR command interface. States its equipment has been trialled by more than ten French military units.

Develops AI-based military simulation and wargaming software. Its SWORD platform is used by 25 armies worldwide including NATO, the French Army, Royal Navy and Finnish Defence Forces for command post staff training and operational planning.

Builds PHYSIKAL/OS, an agentic vision-language foundation model that lets operators command mixed fleets of ground robots, drones and manipulators in natural language. Founded in 2025 by a former French Army officer and lists the Armée de Terre as a partner.

Prométhée Earth Intelligence develops sovereign Earth-observation satellite services for security, maritime awareness and strategic monitoring missions.

French dual-use navigation company developing MAGELLAN astro-inertial navigation for GNSS-jammed environments and RAPACE weapon calibration systems.