Kawasaki Heavy Industries and EdgeCortix Partner on AI-Enabled Aerospace Defence Systems
Multi-year collaboration combines Kawasaki’s aerospace expertise with EdgeCortix’s chiplet-based AI computing and MERA software platform to develop energy-efficient, mission-critical systems.
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (“Kawasaki”) and EdgeCortix Inc. (“EdgeCortix”), a leading fabless semiconductor company specialising in energy-efficient edge AI processing, announced the signing of a Teaming Agreement to advance next-generation AI-enabled aerospace and defence systems.
The agreement establishes a multi-year strategic program, with an initial scope totalling several million U.S. dollars in aggregate program value from 2026 to 2028. It brings together Kawasaki’s extensive aerospace and defence systems expertise with EdgeCortix’s advanced AI semiconductor and software technologies.
Under the collaboration, Kawasaki and EdgeCortix plan to jointly undertake technology development, feasibility studies, system integration and prototype platform development. The program will explore how advanced edge AI computing can enhance the intelligence, adaptability and operational resilience of future aerial defence platforms. Both companies intend to expand the scope of their work as technical milestones are achieved and additional development and deployment opportunities emerge.
As a strategic technology collaborator, EdgeCortix will contribute its next-generation chiplet-based AI computing platform, together with its MERA™ compiler and software framework and related AI acceleration technologies. These technologies are designed to deliver high-performance AI processing close to where data is generated and operational decisions must be made, while meeting the stringent power, performance, latency and reliability requirements of mission-critical aerospace and defence systems.
“This agreement marks a significant expansion of our relationship with Kawasaki Heavy Industries and an important commercial and strategic milestone for EdgeCortix,” said Dr Sakyasingha Dasgupta, Founder and CEO of EdgeCortix. “Next-generation aerial defence platforms will require substantial AI computing capability within tightly constrained power, thermal and operational envelopes. By combining Kawasaki’s deep aerospace and systems engineering expertise with our chiplet-based AI architecture and MERA software platform, we intend to accelerate the development of intelligent, adaptive and energy-efficient mission systems. We are honoured to support Kawasaki in this strategically important multi-year program.”
The Teaming Agreement creates a foundation for Kawasaki and EdgeCortix to advance the development and deployment of AI-enabled aerial defence systems, while also establishing a platform for broader cooperation across aerospace, defence and other mission-critical applications.
