Thales and Atos create the European champion in big data and artificial intelligence for defence and security

Paris, May 27, 2021,

Atos and Thales announce the creation of Athea, a joint undertaking that will develop a sovereign massive facts and synthetic intelligence platform for community and non-public sector players in the defence, intelligence and inner state stability communities. Athea will attract on the practical experience obtained by equally providers from the demonstration period of the ARTEMIS programme, the massive facts platform of the French Ministry of Armed Forces. The contract to optimise and prepare the whole-scale roll-out of the ARTEMIS platform was also awarded jointly to the two leaders by the French Defense Procurement Company on April thirty, 2021. The new joint undertaking will initially provide the French marketplace ahead of addressing European necessities at a later on day.

With the exponential increase in the number of sources of facts, and improved stress to answer more quickly to possible challenges, State companies require to manage ever-larger volumes of heterogeneous facts and speed up the progress of new AI purposes where stability and sovereignty are essential. Athea will build a answer to securely handle delicate facts on a nationwide scale and support the implementation of that answer inside of governing administration programmes. The new entity will also offer pro appraisal, consulting, education and other products and services.

The joint undertaking will pool the companies’ investments, know-how and practical experience to answer quickly and competently to desire for innovation. Athea will function with an ecosystem of substantial providers, SMEs, start-ups and investigate institutes specialising in massive facts and synthetic intelligence. In conjunction with the just lately produced Defense Electronic Company, the joint entity will also offer safe options and open up and modular technological setting up blocks, which persuade collaboration and stimulate the industrial and sovereign ecosystem, in get to support the progress of dependable purposes.

“This joint undertaking in between Thales and Atos illustrates the dedication of equally our providers to supporting the electronic transformation of our customers by supplying a safe and modern answer dependent on French know-how to procedure large volumes of heterogeneous facts. Collectively, we will capitalise on our respective areas of know-how to offer very best-in-course massive facts and synthetic intelligence options.” explained Marc Darmon, Government Vice President, Secure Communications and Facts Programs, Thales.

“Sensitive facts abilities have turn out to be a sovereignty issue for State companies. By combining the know-how of two big players in defence and electronic systems with the adaptability of a dedicated entity, Athea will produce large possible for innovation, and stimulate the industrial and defence ecosystem, like modern start-ups, to meet the desires of governing administration companies and other stakeholders in the sector. This new joint undertaking in between Atos and Thales is an opportunity to combine a in depth understanding of the defence and stability challenges confronted by European States with access to the most recent innovations in massive facts and synthetic intelligence.” explained Pierre Barnabé, Senior Government Vice President, Significant Facts and Cybersecurity, Atos.

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About Atos

Atos is a international chief in electronic transformation with a hundred and five,000 personnel and annual profits of above € eleven billion. European number one particular in cybersecurity, cloud and superior efficiency computing, the Group offers tailored finish-to-finish options for all industries in seventy one nations. A pioneer in decarbonization products and services and products, Atos is fully commited to a safe and decarbonized electronic for its clients. Atos operates underneath the manufacturers Atos and Atos|Syntel. Atos is a SE (Societas Europaea), mentioned on the CAC40 Paris stock index.

The reason of Atos is to support design and style the long term of the facts room. Its know-how and products and services support the progress of knowledge, instruction and investigate in a multicultural tactic and contribute to the progress of scientific and technological excellence. Across the globe, the Group allows its customers and personnel, and associates of societies at substantial to dwell, function and develop sustainably, in a secure and safe facts room.

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Lucie Duchateau | [email protected] | +33 ()seven 62 eighty five 35 10

About Thales

Thales (Euronext Paris: HO) is a international superior know-how chief investing in electronic and “deep tech” innovations — connectivity, massive facts, synthetic intelligence, cybersecurity and quantum know-how — to develop a long term we can all have faith in, which is very important to the progress of our societies. The corporation offers options, products and services and products that support its customers —businesses, organisations and states — in the defence, aeronautics, room, transportation and electronic identity and stability marketplaces to fulfil their vital missions, by positioning human beings at the coronary heart of the determination-producing procedure.
Thales has 81,000 personnel in 68 nations. In 2020, Thales generated income of €17 billion.

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Constance Arnoux | [email protected] | +33 ()six 89 forty one sixty four 05