UAE, France Launch USD 1 Billion Push for AI in Space

The UAE and France are stepping up their ambitions in space-based artificial intelligence with a new USD 1 billion satellite program that will see 50 AI-enabled satellites manufactured in Abu Dhabi and deployed as part of a global intelligence infrastructure. Recent: UAE’s NSSTC Launches First Emirati Navigation Satellite, LEONAV-1 The initiative, known as Altair-Next Gen, was announced and signed at the International Space Summit in Paris, in the presence of French President Emmanuel Macron.