death of André Motet

5 May 2023 | Members, News

It is with great sadness that we learned of the death of our colleague André Motet, honorary member of Section 2 and co-President of the Defense Commission of the Academy from 2002 to 2008. André Motet, former Deputy Director of Aerospatiale’s Strategic Systems...

Yves Sillard passes away

17 Apr 2023 | Members, News

It is with great sadness that we learned of the death of our colleague Yves Sillard, elected member of the Academy in 1995. He was very involved in the activities of the Academy, within the Space, Defense, and European Actions committees. He also participated in the...

Passing of Dr Meyer J Benzakein

20 Feb 2023 | Members, News

We are saddened to announce that Dr Meyer J BENZAKEIN passed away on 18 February 2023. He was elected as a Foreign Associate Member of our Academy before becoming an Emeritus Member in 2013. He was involved in the activities of Section 2. Dr M J Benzakein was...

A new Secretary General for the AAE

5 Jan 2023 | Members, News

Olivier de l’Estoile succeeds Jean-Claude Chaussonnet as Secretary General of the Academy. Olivier de l’Estoile, former Deputy General Manager of Civil Aircraft at Dassault Aviation and Honorary President of EBAA France was elected Secretary General of our...

President’s greetings

4 Jan 2023 | Members, News

So here we are at the dawn of 2023, a new year that I wish you and yours a happy one, without too many health worries, with a lot of satisfaction in all your projects, big or small. Our Academy is more and more recognized as a European think tank contributing to the...

Claude Bechet passing away

2 Jan 2023 | Members, News

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Mr. Claude Bechet aka “Syd”, emeritus member of the Academy, on December 27, 2022. Claude Bechet was a fighter pilot and a engineer at the CEV Flight Test Centre (1960), a civil pilot (1962) and...

Jean Calmon passing away

2 Jan 2023 | Members, News

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Mr. Jean Calmon, emeritus member of the Academy, on December 27, 2022. Jean Calmon was an engineer from the École centrale des arts et manufactures (1955). He joined SNECMA in 1956 as a design engineer and then...

Jacques Durand passing away

14 Nov 2022 | Members, News

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Mr. Jacques Durand, honorary member of the Academy, on November 10, 2022. Jacques Durand was a Civil Engineer of Aeronautics and Master of Aeronautical Sciences. He was SNESCMA/ELECMA system engineer from 1964...

Death of Mr Daniel Soulez-Larivière

3 Oct 2022 | Members, News

It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Mr Daniel Soulez-Larivière, Honorary Member of the Academy, attorney and essayist, on 1st October 2022. A former member of the Bar Council, Daniel Soulez-Larivière has been involved in high-profile cases such as...

Death of Claude Frantzen

8 Aug 2022 | Members, News

It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Claude Frantzen, honorary member of the Academy, General Engineer of Armaments and former Inspector General for Nuclear Safety of EDF, on August 2, 2022. A graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique (class of 1957),...

AAE / IESF meeting

28 Jun 2022 | Members, News, Releases

On 15 June, during the International Forum organised by the AAE at Eurosatory, the President of the Air and Space Academy, Michel Wachenheim, and Xavier Bouis, president of the The Energy and Environment Commission of the Académie de l’air et de l’espace...

National Order of Merit: Brigitte Revellin-Falcoz

22 Jun 2022 | Members, News

National Order of Merit: Brigitte Revellin-Falcoz By decree of the President of the Republic dated June 20, 2022, Mrs. Brigitte Revellin-Falcoz, former airline pilot, flight commander and member of the French Air and Space Academy has been elevated to the rank of...