Artificial intelligence and innovation in the Air Force’s generation and apparatus sector have declined over the past year.
The most recent figures show that the number of AI-related patent programs in the industry increased to 49 in the three months to March, up from 73 in the same era in 2021.
The numbers of patents granted related to Ai followed another trend of applications: from 20 in the 3 months ending in March 2021 to 21 in the same era in 2022.
The figures are collected through GlobalData, which tracks patent applications and grants from official offices around the world. Using textual analysis as well as official patent classifications, those patents are grouped into key thematic spaces and connected with key corporations in sectors.
AI is one of the key spaces followed through GlobalData. It has been known as a key disruptive force that corporations will face in the coming years, and it is one of the spaces in which corporations lately investing resources reap the rewards.
The numbers also provide insight into the industry’s most sensible innovators.
Thales SA, the air force’s first AI innovator in the aircraft and generation sector in the last quarter. The company, based in France, filed 12 AI-related patents in the 3 months to March. This figure dropped from 14 during the same time in 2021.
It followed through U. S. -based Raytheon Technologies Corp. In the U. S. , with nine AI patent applications, The Boeing Co, based in the U. S. USA (8 applications) and Safran SA, based in France (7 applications).