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On July 16, 2026, Reuters reported that Airbus has signed a multi-year agreement with Iliad-owned cloud provider Scaleway to host AI applications for sensitive industrial and defence use. The deal builds on Airbus’s existing partnership with French startup Mistral to develop customised AI tools for aerospace and defence.
On June 12, SendTech Times, summarizing Rest of World, reported that Chinese state-backed Spacesail has reached about 200 satellites and is targeting markets where Starlink faces pricing or regulatory pushback. The company has signed deals with operators in Malaysia, Brazil, Kazakhstan and Thailand, positioning itself as a geopolitical counterweight just as SpaceX lists publicly. ([stechtimes.com](https://stechtimes.com/en/article/spacesail-uses-starlink-friction-to-push-chinas-satellite-internet-abroa-mqa69z67))
On May 31, 2026, French outlet Air Journal reported that Airbus has signed a broad partnership with Mistral AI to deploy ‘sovereign’ frontier models across its commercial, helicopter, defense and space operations. Airbus plans to license Mistral’s full product suite and gain access to its researchers while reducing reliance on US cloud and model providers like Microsoft, Google and OpenAI.([air-journal.fr](https://www.air-journal.fr/2026-05-31-intelligence-artificielle-airbus-mise-sur-mistral-pour-saffranchir-des-geants-americains-5275437.html))