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Fabio Masci in a fighter cockpit, in a flight helmet with his name and an oxygen mask, tinted blue
Cover · Fabio Masci in a fighter cockpit. · THE EDGE COMPANY

THE EDGE COMPANY

We turn flight-safety experience into AI

An Italian deep-tech company, founded in Rimini in 2017. Fabio Masci, one of its founders, leads it; he ran flight safety at an Italian Air Force fighter wing. Our AI sees what moves in safety-critical spaces, day and night, where no one can watch all the time.

Who we are
Chapter 01

Where we work

We use the same method in three kinds of place

Each is a regulated, safety-critical environment where operators answer for what moves around them.

Figures

  1. Fig. 01Airports
  2. Fig. 02Wind farms
  3. Fig. 03Industrial sites
An airliner parked on an airport apron, the runway and a strip of sea beyond, tinted blue
Fig. 01 · airports · Ji Seongkwang, Unsplash
Wind turbines on rolling hills in the morning mist, a farm road in the foreground, an illustration printed in blue duotone
Fig. 02 · wind farms · illustration
The floodlit perimeter fence of an industrial plant at night, tanks and pipes in the distance, an illustration printed in blue duotone
Fig. 03 · industrial sites · illustration
Chapter 02

Our people

People run the method, from the survey to the decision

Flight safety

Flight safety came first.

In 1998 Fabio Masci became its chief at the 5th Fighter Wing, in Cervia.

Data analysis

A biologist leads our data analysis team.

Biologists validate samples of the detections and review the reports that go to customers.

Fieldwork

We survey each site and commission each system.

Local firms do the civil works to our specifications, and each site's model is retrained on its own footage.

The team and the biologists standing by the congress banner in Lecce, printed in blue duotone
Fig. 05 · the team and the biologists in Lecce · THE EDGE COMPANY
At work in the lab, a hand pointing at the wall screen and a man listening, printed in blue duotone
Fig. 06 · at work in the lab · THE EDGE COMPANY

The decision stays with the people who run the site.

Chapter 03

The dates behind the company

  1. Fabio Masci became chief of flight safety at the 5th Fighter Wing, in Cervia.

  2. THE EDGE COMPANY was founded in Rimini, with three lines of work, all in aviation. It then chose to focus on one.

  3. A listed participant in EASA's rulemaking group on AI trustworthiness (RMT.0742). A seat, since October 2024, in EASA's expert group on safety-related aerodrome equipment (RMT.0161).

  4. A patent was granted in the United States for a method of detecting moving objects, invented by Fabio Masci. In February, an Innovation Partnership Contract with EASA was signed.

  5. A paper by Fabio Masci and our data analysis team was presented at the Wildlife Strike International Conference, Naples.

From the newsroom

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Chapter 04

What we build today

We chose to focus on one product

It is BCMS® (Bird Control Monitoring System), an AI optical detection platform, designed and built in Rimini. Its story is told in full on bcms.ai.

Visit bcms.ai, another site

Companies and institutions we have worked with

Who we work with

  • Lenovo
  • NVIDIA
  • IQSIGHT
  • Italsicurezza
  • SGS
  • Thales
  • STAR Parco Scientifico di Verona
  • Invitalia
  • University of Verona
Chapter 05

The person who can answer will write back

A project, an interview, a partnership, or a job application: tell us who you are and what you need.

Write to us