IAI hooks up with Israeli start-ups for autonomous systems
The Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) Innovation Center is producing its first deliverables after completing an initial 13-week cycle of development with three local start-up companies.
Separate teams developed proof-of-concept (PoC) solutions for robotics, autonomous vehicle operations and AI for space and satellite applications.
IAI chose the three solutions based on their applicability to the future battlefield, their business feasibility and their market relevance.
Following the first accelerated development stage, the three start-up solutions will continue to evolve in the second cycle of the Innovation Center.
Combined with IAI’s experience, these start-up ideas ‘will give us an edge in the
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