Predicting the trajectories of defense technology is a challenge of key strategic importance, which conceals three main obstacles: keeping track of the progress made by research and development activities; determining the accuracy of a forecast without the availability of sufficient quantitative data; limiting the cognitive prejudices which influence even the most expert analysts’ answers.

PYTHIA was established to support national and European organizations operating in the defense sphere, as well as to identify technological trends in the defense sector through the recovery, synthesis and integration of large volumes of data and information. The methodology adopted and proposed by PYTHIA unites the most advanced Big Data analysis tools with the latest advances in the field of psychology and forecasting. At Engineering, in addition to all the management activities, we play a leading role in the technical development of the solution. Specifically, we support the development of a module for the automatic generation of scenarios, aimed at improving and facilitating the display of trends and on-demand forecasts and, finally, in the integration of developed and evolving services and tools.