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Alta Ares x Airbus

Airbus Defence and Space and Alta Ares signed an MoU (Jun 11 2026) to cooperate on European counter-drone air defence, integrating Alta Ares AI-powered systems and Pixel Lock with Airbus Fortion IBMS and SAMOC C2 suites. Alta Ares states its counter-drone systems have been operationally deployed in Ukraine since 2024, and the partners cite Black Bird medium-range and X-Lock short-range interceptors.

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technology
Status
Activejust announced
Announced
2026-06-11
4 months ago
Active for
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Alta Aresco developer

French defense-tech company building AI-powered counter-UAS interceptor drones. Black Bird is a turbojet-powered fixed-wing interceptor with AI terminal guidance under jamming, 670 km/h max speed, 30 km/20 min flight autonomy. EUR 50M (USD 58M) Series A (Jun 2026) led by Air Street Capital with Cherry Ventures and OTB Ventures. [Airbus](/companies/airbus) is an investor. Paris-based.

HQParis, Francealtaares.com1 partnerships

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Airbusco developer

European aerospace manufacturer; its Defence and Space division [Built](/companies/built-robotics) the CIMON ISS crew-assistant free-flyer (funded by DLR, with IBM Watson natural-language AI).

HQLeiden, Netherlands / Toulouse, Franceairbus.com1 partnerships

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Sources (3)

  1. https://www.airbus.com/
  2. https://www.altaares.com/blog-post/airbus-and-alta-ares-sign-partnership-to-develop-europes-air-defence-solutions
  3. https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/airbus-alta-ares-counter-drone-systems

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