DMI and ALATYR sign MoU for orbital data centers to strengthen sovereign European mission autonomy
At the occasion of Eurosatory 2026 in Paris, Data Machine Intelligence (DMI) and ALATYR have signed a Memorandum of Understanding around a shared goal: sovereign European compute in orbit for mission-critical autonomy. The two companies will jointly define how orbital data centers can support combat cloud architectures and AI-enabled autonomous systems, connecting tactical-edge autonomy with high-performance compute that stays under European control.
The focus: orbital compute for combat cloud
Under the collaboration, the two companies will work together to identify priority use cases where orbital compute is best suited for combat cloud and autonomy workloads; to define the latency, resilience, and security requirements drawn from real mission environments; and to specify how an orbital compute layer should interface with autonomous systems, operators, and existing command architectures. These outputs will inform ALATYR's infrastructure design as well as the architecture decisions DMI's customers face as they scale autonomous capabilities across domains.
ALATYR and DMI address key points of our time
AI agents are taking on larger roles in mission autonomy - data fusion, multi-asset coordination, live replanning, continuous model updates. The compute these workloads demand will not fit on every aircraft, vehicle, or sensor; nor can it rely indefinitely on terrestrial data centers that remain exposed to disruption, contested infrastructure, and external dependency. As European A&D organizations move from individual autonomous platforms toward multi-domain, AI-enabled combat cloud architectures, a new compute layer is needed - one that is powerful, resilient, globally available, and sovereign by design rather than by retrofit.
A Franco-German partnership for European sovereignty
DMI builds the unified software ecosystem for European Mission Autonomy. Through its three products - DMI Creator for autonomy development, DMI OS as a runtime environment for edge and fog compute nodes, and Oraculo as the agent-of-agents copilot for command and control - DMI enables aerospace and defense organizations to rapidly develop, securely deploy, and effectively operate autonomous systems with full ownership of their data and intellectual property.
ALATYR develops sovereign orbital data centers. Its CITADEL architecture combines modular orbital infrastructure, robotic assembly and maintenance, continuous solar power, and tightly coupled compute nodes designed for demanding AI and mission-critical workloads - delivering megawatt-class capacity with worldwide low-latency access and physical separation from terrestrial disruption.
The collaboration brings both perspectives together at the design stage: autonomy software shaping infrastructure requirements, and infrastructure shaping what autonomy will be able to do.
Emeric Lhomme, CEO and Co-Founder, ALATYR:
"AI agents and combat cloud architectures will need a compute layer that doesn't depend on terrestrial infrastructure alone. Designing this orbital layer right requires direct input from those building the autonomy software it will support. Our collaboration with DMI brings that perspective in at the moment it matters most."
Pau Garcia Sanz, CTO, DMI:
"European mission autonomy needs an honest answer to where each workload runs: on the platform, at the tactical edge, in a terrestrial data center, or in orbit. Working with ALATYR lets us shape that answer with operators and engineers in mind. Sovereignty is built layer by layer, and orbital compute is one of those layers."
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About the partners
ALATYR
ALATYR is a French company developing orbital data centers as sovereign infrastructure for resilient, secure, and scalable high-performance compute. Its CITADEL architecture combines modular orbital infrastructure, robotic assembly and maintenance, and continuous solar power, with tightly coupled compute nodes designed for demanding AI and mission-critical workloads. www.alatyr.space
Data Machine Intelligence (DMI)
Based in Munich, Data Machine Intelligence (DMI) is a defense-technology company building a unified software ecosystem for European Mission Autonomy. Through its product ecosystem — DMI Creator, DMI OS, and Oraculo — DMI enables aerospace, defense, and space organizations to rapidly develop, securely deploy, and effectively operate autonomous systems while maintaining full ownership of their data and intellectual property. www.dmi.aero
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