Facts

• Segment: Localization
• Country: France
• Website: https://www.exail.com/

Profile sections

• Summary
• Market context
• Facts
• Commercial
• Events
• Team
• Relationships
• Context tags
• Customers and deployments
• Sources

Summary

Exail supplies navigation, autonomy, photonics and maritime robotics systems for aerospace, defense and industrial customers. Its 2026 GNSS-denied navigation launch reinforces its role in resilient positioning for uncrewed and autonomous operations.

Market context

Exail provides inertial navigation, positioning and autonomy-enabling systems for drones, uncrewed vehicles and robotic platforms operating where GNSS is unavailable or contested.

Facts

• Website: https://www.exail.com/
• HQ: Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France
• Segment: Localization

Commercial

3 commercial events; 3 contract awards; latest event 2025-07-30

• 2025-07-30 - Contract award - Exail wins 100-unit Phins Compact INS order for naval UUVs - source: exail.com
• 2025-06-30 - Contract award - Exail wins European defense contract for five DriX H-8 USVs - source: exail.com
• 2025-06-24 - Contract award - Exail selected for Indonesian Navy unmanned MCM system - source: exail.com

Events

• 2026-06-26 - Acquisition - Safran enters exclusive negotiations to acquire Exail Technologies - Safran stated the potential transaction would value Exail Technologies at €128.50 per share.
• 2026-06-12 - Product Launch - Exail launches rapidly deployable GNSS-denied navigation solution - The system targets operations where GNSS is unavailable, degraded or contested.
• 2025-07-30 - Contract Award - Exail wins 100-unit Phins Compact INS order for naval UUVs - The order covers navigation systems for naval UUV applications.
• 2025-06-30 - Contract Award - Exail wins European defense contract for five DriX H-8 USVs - The award covers a five-vessel DriX H-8 fleet for a defense customer.
• 2025-06-24 - Contract Award - Exail selected for Indonesian Navy unmanned MCM system - The system scope includes Inspector 90 USVs and mine identification and disposal assets.
• 2024-06-05 - Demonstration - Exail conducts sea trials for DriX O-16 transoceanic USV - The demonstration validated a larger DriX USV for long-range hydrographic and maritime missions.
• 2022-10-04 - Company Formation - ECA Group and iXblue combine under Exail brand - The combined company brought together robotics, navigation, aerospace and photonics capabilities.

Team

• Raphael Gorge - Chairman & CEO - Leads the parent group behind Exail's navigation, autonomy, photonics and defense-technology businesses.
• Thomas Buret - Co-General Manager - Part of Exail Technologies' executive management as the group scales navigation, autonomy and defense systems.
• Fabien Napolitano - Co-General Manager - Part of Exail Technologies' executive management for a group spanning inertial navigation, autonomy, photonics and maritime systems.
• Jerome Bendell - CEO, Maritime Systems Business Line - Connects Exail's maritime, aerospace and land systems leadership to autonomy and navigation markets served by the company.

Relationships

• customer - Exail won a contract to supply 100 Phins Compact inertial navigation systems for naval UUVs.
• commercial_order - Exail won a 100-unit Phins Compact INS order for naval UUVs from an unnamed U.S. defense customer.
• customer - Exail contract to supply five DriX H-8 USVs for ISR missions.
• unmanned MCM customer - Exail was selected to equip the Indonesian Navy with a next-generation unmanned mine-countermeasures system.

Context tags

• Inertial navigation supplier - Peer Group - https://www.exail.com/news/news/exail-launches-rapidly-deployable-navigation-solution-for-agile-operations-in-gnss-denied-environments
• Resilient positioning and navigation - Workflow - https://www.exail.com/news/news/exail-launches-rapidly-deployable-navigation-solution-for-agile-operations-in-gnss-denied-environments
• Avionics navigation component supplier - Stack Layer
• GPS-denied UAV navigation - Workflow - https://www.exail.com/news/news/exail-launches-rapidly-deployable-navigation-solution-for-agile-operations-in-gnss-denied-environments
• Autonomous navigation supplier - Peer Group
• GNSS/INS - Stack Layer - https://www.exail.com/news/news/exail-launches-rapidly-deployable-navigation-solution-for-agile-operations-in-gnss-denied-environments

Customers and deployments

• Order Quantity - 100 Phins Compact INS units - 2025-07-30 - U.S. naval UUV customer - underwater autonomy component supply - Exail won a contract to supply 100 Phins Compact inertial navigation systems for naval uncrewe…
• Ordered Usv Count - five DriX H-8 USVs - 2025-06-30 - European defense customer - surface-vessel ISR - Exail won a European defense contract to supply five DriX H-8 uncrewed surface vessels for ISR missions. - source po…
• Customer Order - unmanned MCM system for Indonesian Navy - 2025-06-24 - Indonesian Navy - unmanned mine countermeasures - Exail was selected to equip the Indonesian Navy with a next-generation unmanned mine-countermeasu…