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Lieutenant-colonel Jérôme RANC

Head of Human Factors Air Operations Laboratory, Air Warfare Centre, armée de l’Air et de l’Espace


 

Short bio

Lieutenant colonel Jérôme Ranc is head of Human Factors Air Operations Laboratory, Air Warfare Centre, French Air and Space Force (Armée de l’Air et l’Espace)

Graduated from the French Air & Space Force Academy, he has spent his operational carrier as a tactical pilot and commanded the “Ventoux” squadron. He has held a number of operational and capability planning posts in joint forces, as well as in allied and international environments in various institutions (NATO & EU). He has been involved in various roles in different theatres of operations.

Graduated in ergonomics, he manages a team of researchers and operational staff. He is developing the Human Factors Air Operations Laboratory, an instrumented anticipation capability, enabling future uses to be explored from a technical/operational/human angles, within simulated prospective complex and dynamic socio-technical systems of systems, including various cooperation, collaborations with virtual autonomous systems, comprising as well Manned Unmanned Teaming (MUM-T) aspects.