Dassault, Harmattan AI to accelerate artificial intelligence into France’s combat aviation
Dassault, Harmattan AI to accelerate artificial intelligence into France’s combat aviation
Publish Date: 2026-01-12 10:40:00
Source Domain: www.janes.com
- Dassault Aviation and Harmattan AI have partnered to integrate advanced autonomy and AI technologies into combat aviation systems.
- The collaboration will see Dassault Aviation taking the lead in Harmattan AI’s USD200 million Series B funding round.
- Harmattan AI’s involvement includes developing embedded AI capabilities for Dassault’s future air combat systems, prominently for the unmanned-manned teaming of the Rafale F5 and the Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS).
- Harmattan AI has been awarded programmes of record by the French and UK defence ministries, indicating its recognition for autonomous systems.
- The new funding aims to expand AI-enabled missions, scale up manufacturing of various platforms, and extend Harmattan AI’s product offering globally.
