Odysight.ai’s new commercial collaboration agreement with France’s GACI Technologies marks a push to embed AI-powered predictive maintenance across the French aerospace and defence ecosystem, from military rotorcraft to government aviation fleets.

Under the agreement, GACI Technologies will act as prime contractor in France, leading local market development, customer engagement and programme delivery, while Odysight.ai supplies its AI/ML-powered visual sensing, predictive maintenance and condition-based monitoring (CBM+) solution.

The partnership gives Odysight.ai an immediate, locally anchored channel into France’s aerospace, defence and government aviation sectors, one of the world’s most advanced and tightly regulated markets. Operationally, the two companies will jointly promote a combined offering that integrates Odysight.ai’s ruggedised visual sensing hardware, embedded software and AI analytics with GACI’s embedded mission computer platforms and system integration capabilities. The solution is designed to deliver real time, continuous monitoring of critical components on aerospace platforms operated by French commercial, defence and government aviation customers, supporting CBM+ and predictive maintenance concepts of operations.

Odysight.ai’s aviation offering is built around image-based AI analytics, using advanced micro visualisation sensors that can access hard to reach areas and operate under extreme conditions where conventional sensors are constrained. By collecting real-time visual data and applying AI-driven analytics, the system supports Predictive Maintenance (PdM) and CBM, enabling early detection of anomalies before they evolve into in service failures. This non destructive testing (NDT) approach is designed to reduce unplanned downtime, avoid intrusive disassembly and increase fleet availability, while enhancing flight safety across diverse fleets.

Odysight.ai highlights that its visual PdM technology has demonstrated performance in demanding environments, including space-related projects and deployments on high end defence platforms such as SH 60 Seahawk and AH 64 Apache helicopters, positioning it as a maturing capability rather than a lab only demonstrator.

For Odysight.ai, the agreement is framed as a significant step in its European expansion strategy, following recent activities in the United States such as UH 60 flight testing with XP Services. France’s status as a leading aerospace and defence market - home to major OEMs, export driven programmes and a large government aviation fleet - offers a high value proving ground for visual based PdM at scale.

CEO Yehu Ofer underlined that GACI brings decades of embedded systems expertise and established relationships within the French defence and aerospace ecosystem, which are critical for unlocking adoption in a procurement environment dominated by national champions and stringent qualification frameworks.

For GACI Technologies, founded in 1992 and headquartered in Villebon sur Yvette, the partnership enriches its portfolio of rugged embedded computers and mission systems with a differentiated AI driven maintenance capability that can be tightly coupled to its existing platforms. This strengthens GACI’s value proposition as a systems integrator able to address not only onboard processing and mission computing, but also lifecycle support and availability metrics increasingly prioritised by French defence and aerospace customers.

For French end users - ranging from armed forces aviation units to government operators and potentially commercial aerospace - AI powered predictive maintenance speaks directly to current priorities: improving operational readiness, extending asset life and reducing lifecycle costs under budget pressure.

By localising integration and delivery through a French prime with an existing footprint in procurement channels, the Odysight.ai–GACI teaming arrangement is structured to align with France’s industrial and sovereignty expectations while accelerating the adoption of PdM and CBM+ across critical aerospace platforms.

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