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Vietnam’s Vietjet, France’s Thales expand aviation ties in AI, cyber, aircraft maintenance

Vietnam's budget airline Vietjet and France's aerospace giant Thales will expand their cooperation in aircraft maintenance, digital aviation, artificial intelligence (AI), and cybersecurity.

France’s Mistral raises €3B led by Samsung in largest European tech funding round

France's Mistral, an AI platform for enterprises, has raised €3 billion ($3.5 billion) in a Series D round led by South Korea's Samsung Electronics, in the largest equity funding round by a European technology company.

France’s Thales to build Singapore’s drone traffic management platform

The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) has awarded France-based defense-aerospace giant Thales a contract to develop a national Unmanned Aircraft Systems Traffic Management (UTM) system.