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Thesis Prize "Law, Economics and Sociology of Air and Space Transport"

Thesis Prize “Law, Economics and Sociology of Air and Space Transport”

The Thesis Prize "Law, Economics and Sociology of Air and Space Transport", created by the French Air and Space Academy, is awarded to a doctoral ...
Letter No.132 – Innovation

Letter No.132 – Innovation

Editorial: Reflections and actionsby Michel Wachenheim, AAE president Innovation Forum [ See Forum Proceedings ]by Bruno Stoufflet, vice-president of AAE Opinion No. 17: Recommendations for ...
J-F. Clervoy elevated to Commander in the National Order of the Legion of Honour

J-F. Clervoy elevated to Commander in the National Order of the Legion of Honour

By decree dated December 29, 2023, Jean-François Clervoy, a former astronaut at the European Space Agency and member of the French Air and Space Academy, ...
Marc Pélegrin passes away

Marc Pélegrin passes away

The Academy has just lost one of its founding members, Marc Pélegrin, Honorary Senior Advisor at the National Office for Aerospace Studies and Research (ONERA), ...

In the agenda

Conferences, forums, lectures, etc. Find here all the events in Europe organized by the Academy but also those of our partners.

26 Mar 2024
Toulouse
How Airbus overtook Boeing thanks to the success of the A320 Family

How Airbus overtook Boeing thanks to the success of the A320 Family

By Georges Ville, 60 years with Airbus, former President of the AAE Airbus Industrie became interested in the single-aisle market ...
23 Apr 2024
Toulouse
The Guiana Space Centre opens wide the Door to Outer Space

The Guiana Space Centre opens wide the Door to Outer Space

By Marie-Anne Clair, former director of the Guiana Space Centre, CNES, AAE correspondent The powerful blast that is disrupting the ...
28 May 2024
Toulouse
Stratospheric balloons and their applications

Stratospheric balloons and their applications

By Vincent Dubourg, Deputy Director of Balloons at CNES, Orbital Systems and Applications Division For 60 years, CNES (Centre National ...

Latest publications

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Opinion N°19: Space exploration: keeping the momentum going

Opinion N°19: Space exploration: keeping the momentum going
In May 2023, the AAE, with the support of AIDAA, SGAC and Politecnico di Torino, organised an international conference on ...

Opinion No.18: Collaborative air and space combat operations in Europe

Opinion No.18: Collaborative air and space combat operations in Europe
Joint opinion paper of the AAE and the DGLR Enabling collaborative operations is a major challenge considering the variety of ...

Opinion No.17: Recommendations for New European military helicopter programmes

Opinion No.17: Recommendations for New European military helicopter programmes
It is time to prepare the next generation of helicopters and VTOLs. This opinion, the result of a joint study ...

Opinion N°16 – Recommendations for an independent European capability for human spaceflight

Opinion N°16 - Recommendations for an independent European capability for human spaceflight
Joint Opinion of AAE, DGLR and AIDAA. In recent years, there has been a new momentum in human spaceflight, driven ...

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