Leading French defence majorThalesGroup is planning to focus significantly on addressing requirements of the Indian armed forces for new-age cybersecuritysolutions, artificial intelligence and advanced capabilities in big data analytics.

TheIndian Army, theNavyand theIndian Air Forcehave been focusing on acquiring futuristic technologies like nanotechnology, quantum computing, artificial intelligence, swarm drones and robotic technologies to deal with future security challenges.

Caine said Thales Group is aiming at expanding its overall footprint in India in a number of segments, including in areas of cyber security, artificial intelligence and digital solutions.