Sopra Steria: CS Group integrates Italian Aiko's predictive AI into its satellite control suite
CS Group, the space subsidiary of Sopra Steria, will integrate into its Gosmic satellite control suite a predictive maintenance tool developed by Aiko, a company founded in Turin in 2017. The group presented this partnership on October 22, 2026 as an industrial implementation of the Quirinal Treaty between France and Italy.
An Italian anomaly prediction tool grafted onto Gosmic
The agreement covers the integration of the respective technologies of the two companies. On one hand, Gosmic, designed by CS Group, allows operations of constellations of several dozen, sometimes several hundred satellites to be controlled from a single control center. The suite is based on a microservices architecture combining a multi-satellite control center, a scheduler designed for the cloud, and a flight dynamics engine based on Orekit, all accessible from a single web interface. On the other hand, Gifted_GENE, Aiko's predictive maintenance platform, analyzes telemetry and correlates weak signals to identify the cause of an anomaly. According to the press release, it can signal an anomaly up to four days before it degenerates into a failure. Satellite manufacturer Tyvak International and Italian aerospace company Avio already use it to monitor their fleets. "By integrating Gifted_GENE's predictive capabilities into our Gosmic suite, we give space operators an integrated view of their missions, capable of anticipating an anomaly several days before it occurs," said Sylvain D'Hoine, Director of Space Programs at Sopra Steria (CS Group).
From occasional collaboration to sustainable integration
The two companies are not starting from scratch. CS Group and Aiko France have been working together for several years as part of Astrek, an initiative that brings together, according to the press release, the main European players in space surveillance. The change introduced by the agreement lies in the shift from occasional collaboration to sustainable integration of the two technologies in a single offering. Sopra Steria justifies this choice by the increase in the number of spacecraft in orbit and the volume of data to be processed, which historical control centers, designed for a few satellites at a time, struggle to keep up with. For the group, recruiting at the pace of constellation growth is not realistic for most operators, making artificial intelligence the lever to absorb this increase in volume.
A partnership tied to the Quirinal Treaty
The partnership is accompanied by an "Executive Letter" addressed to the Presidency of the French Republic and Italian authorities. This document links the agreement to the Quirinal Treaty and the joint declaration signed in Rome on March 9, 2026 by ministers Philippe Baptiste and Adolfo Urso, which recognizes space as a strategic pillar of European sovereignty. "This partnership with Aiko is the concrete extension of the ambition carried by France and Italy under the Quirinal Treaty," emphasized Sylvain D'Hoine. The announcement comes after the International Summit on Space, which was held in Paris on September 9 and 10. Aiko has more than 60 experts divided between Italy and France (Toulouse) and has raised over €5 million since 2020.
