Kawasaki Heavy Industries and EdgeCortix have signed a Teaming Agreement to advance next-generation AI-enabled aerospace and defense systems through a multi-year strategic program valued at several million U.S. dollars across 2026 to 2028. The partnership brings together the aerospace and defense system capabilities of Kawasaki and the energy-efficient AI semiconductors and software from EdgeCortix in exploring future defense aircraft systems. The companies plan to undertake technology development, feasibility studies, system integration and prototype platform development, with opportunities to expand the program as technical milestones and additional development opportunities emerge. EdgeCortix will contribute its chiplet-based AI computing platform, MERA compiler and software framework, and related AI acceleration technologies designed to deliver high-performance processing at the edge while meeting the power, thermal, latency and reliability requirements of mission-critical systems.
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“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 defense 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 honored to support Kawasaki in this strategically important multi-year program.” The agreement also establishes a foundation for broader cooperation across aerospace, defense and other mission-critical applications.
