432 Technologies

432 Technologies designs and builds software and equipment for sea, air and land use from Bidart, France. Its aim is to help customers make better decisions, run safer operations and improve their positioning.

The company says it draws on more than 20 years of experience in operational settings, especially sea-based airborne operations. Since 2022 it has been based in the Basque Coast technology park.

Its decision support system is called PATHS. It helps customers get the best use of their assets at sea, in the air and on land. The company groups its products into two ranges.

The MARGO range combines sensors, data processing and algorithms to improve safety and performance. MARGO Maritime Ops is a system for checking the safety level of offshore operations and for improving how robots and vessels are launched and recovered. MARGO VTOL Ops aims to raise flight safety and efficiency for offshore and inshore VTOL flights. MARGO VTOL Design offers tools and training courses to create, digitise or improve take-off and landing charts.

The CARDINAL range uses low-tech communication protocols to send position and path data. These products are meant to be frugal and secure, and to work in extreme settings. They include geocoding tools for positioning and tracking.

The company works with partners and customers in industry and research. It has a partnership with SIREHNA, which studies the dynamics of naval and aerospace platforms. It has worked with Capgemini on a software package for ship and helicopter operators, and with SCC France on aeronautical databases. It is a member of the Aerospace Valley cluster and the French Tech network. It was one of six European firms chosen for the 2024 UAM Plaza Accelerator and is an alumnus of the ESA business incubator in southern France.

Services

• PATHS decision support system
• MARGO Maritime Ops
• MARGO VTOL Ops
• MARGO VTOL Design
• CARDINAL communication protocols
• Geocoding and tracking tools
• Aeronautical databases