From Deep Science to Defence Deployment: Three Abu Dhabi AI Startups Debut at Eurosatory Paris 2026 as Bilateral Ties Deepen

TII-developed technologies power TACTICAAI, SIRBAI and CENTAURE.AI as they enter the defence and security ecosystem, addressing decision intelligence, security operations and coordinated autonomy

The startups' Eurosatory debut supports UAE EDGE's expanding European presence through its new Paris office, extending sovereign AI capabilities across defence, security and critical-infrastructure environments

Dubai, 18 June 2026 – Deep-tech developed by the Technology Innovation Institute (TII), the UAE's applied research and development (R&D) backbone, has spun-out new generation AI operational capabilities through TACTICAAI, SIRBAI and CENTAURE.AI, which are being showcased on the international stage for the first time at Eurosatory Paris this week.

As modern warfare becomes more complex and time-sensitive, the startups' capabilities are designed to turn fragmented intelligence, sensor and operational data into real-time decision support across defence theatres. Together, they support mission planning, intelligence interpretation, security operations and coordinated autonomous systems, including swarm-enabled capabilities that can operate at scale, accelerate mission execution and reduce operator workload, while keeping humans in the loop for critical decision-making.

The debut comes as the UAE continues to deepen its strategic partnership with France in artificial intelligence, following a 2025 framework for cooperation spanning AI infrastructure, research and talent. It also comes amid growing UAE–France defence and technology ties, including EDGE Group's European expansion through a Paris office. The startups are part of a growing pipeline of UAE deep-tech capabilities that support EDGE's wider defence and security ecosystem, while also addressing broader defence, security and critical-sector needs globally — advancing the UAE's push to build sovereign AI capabilities with international relevance.

The AI solutions bring together GEOINT, or geospatial intelligence, which uses satellite imagery, radar, maps, and location-based data to understand what is happening on the ground; and OSINT, or open-source intelligence, which draws on publicly available information to provide wider context. It also integrates data from video feeds, sensors, IoT systems and historical records to create a unified operational picture across teams, domains and data sources. Through agentic AI orchestration, platforms such as TACTICAAI can help define the mission objective and determine what needs to be achieved, shifting the operating model from simply showing data to helping decision-makers understand what to do next. This bridges the gap between analysis, decision and execution, while keeping human oversight at the centre of critical decisions.

"The UAE and France share a belief that the next era of AI must be sovereign, responsible and built on trusted scientific foundations," said Dr. Najwa Aaraj, CEO of TII. "At Eurosatory, we are showing how deep science can move from the lab into mission-critical environments, where AI can interpret complexity, connect fragmented data and support faster decisions across defence, security and critical infrastructure. These systems are designed to recommend and coordinate, while keeping human judgement at the centre. As our research and innovation partnership with France continues to deepen, these capabilities reflect a shared commitment to building AI that is operationally relevant, internationally collaborative and responsibly deployed."

TACTICAAI - Operational Decision Intelligence

TACTICAAI is a decision-intelligence capability that turns fragmented operational data into faster, clearer decisions. It combines data fusion, geospatial intelligence, generative reasoning, and visualization to reduce decision latency while keeping humans in control.

"Operators today are not short of data; they are short of time and clarity," said Sultan Abu Ghazal, Engineering Lead at TACITCAAI. It is built to turn fragmented information into faster, better-founded decisions, while keeping the human firmly in control of every call that matters."

SIRBAI - Coordinated Autonomy

SIRBAI is an autonomous-coordination capability for mission execution across distributed fleets of autonomous systems. It combines mission planning, agentic autonomy and multi-system coordination to reduce operator cognitive load, focusing on large-scale coordination while maintaining human oversight and decision-making.

"Coordinating many autonomous systems at once is one of the hardest problems in the field," said Dr. Dario Albani, Chief Technology Officer of SIRBAI. "It is designed to carry that coordination load at machine speed so that operators can supervise the mission rather than micromanage it, with people setting the intent and retaining oversight throughout."

CENTAURE.AI - AI Security Operations

CENTAURE.AI is an AI-driven security-operations capability that turns existing infrastructure including cameras, sensors and surveillance systems into a context-aware ecosystem: detecting threats, recommending or executing response actions, and managing incidents from detection through to resolution.

"Most organizations already have the sensors and cameras they need; what they lack is a way to make sense of it all in real time," said Ammar Battah, Software Engineer CENTARURE.AI. It turns the existing infrastructure into a single, context-aware view that can detect, recommend and act, always under human oversight."

Across all three, the principle is consistent: AI interprets, recommends and coordinates, however, the human decides.

As both the UAE and France invest in open, sovereign and human-centered approaches to artificial intelligence, TII intends to continue deepening scientific collaboration with French institutions and industry across AI and adjacent fields.