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Trieste, November 12, 2020 – Fincantieri NexTech, formerly Insis S.p.A., a Fincantieri subsidiary and solution provider in the fields of information technology and electronics, has signed a multi-year agreement with Autostrade Tech, a company of Autostrade per l’Italia Group (Aspi), and IBM for the implementation, sale, and joint maintenance of a new-generation system for the monitoring and safety of highway infrastructures, which will come into operation on the Aspi network within the end of the month.

The initiative falls within the activities carried out by Aspi, which has long launched a project to monitor the bridges, viaducts, overpasses and tunnels of its network some time ago. Fincantieri NexTech, with competences in the fields of optronics, telecommunications, information technology and cybersecurity, has therefore been selected as reference technological partner for the construction, commissioning and maintenance of the technological infrastructure, as well as of the additional services.

This platform will be built on the artificial intelligence by IBM and will operate through drones, IoT (Internet of Things) and 3D digital modeling. It will allow the supervision and monitoring of over 4,500 infrastructures within the highway network, drastically increasing processes efficiency and transparency.

In compliance with the agreements, the system will also be available for other European and international highway authorities.

More details and a comprehensive presentation of the project will be disclosed on November 24 during a remote press event, in the presence of the top management of the companies signing the agreement and their parent companies’.