Artemis, jump seats and deconstruction

Disclaimer: This text reflects only the opinion of its author and does not in any way commit the official word of the French Air and Space Academy. By Eric DAUTRIAT, Former Director of Launchers at CNES and former Vice-President of AAE As might be expected, Artemis 2...

Managing the impact of weather on air and space launch operations

Proceedings of the conférence held on November 12 and 13, 2025, at EUROCONTROL, Brussels I. Foreword 0 - Introduction The METEOPS Conference, organized by the Air and Space Academy (AAE) and hosted by Eurocontrol in Brussels on 12–13 November 2025, brought together...

Résolution du phénomène vibratoire Pogo du lanceur Diamant BP4

Disclaimer: This text reflects only the opinion of its author and does not in any way commit the official word of the French Air and Space Academy. By Michel VEDRENNE, Former Director at Dassault Aviation’s Direction Générale Technique and fellow of AAE Diamant...

A few pages on Artificial Intelligence

Disclaimer: This text reflects only the opinion of its author and does not in any way commit the official word of the French Air and Space Academy. By Claude ROCHE, Ingénieur en chef de l’Armement, former Program Director at DGA, former Vice President Major...

Artificial Intelligence Applications in aeronautics, defence and space

Conference chair Claude Roche, AAE, former head of AI at DGA and former Director of Helios programme Biography Introductory session Keynote speech Robert Madelin, former Director General of the European Commission DG CNECT Biography – Abstract Slides in PDF What...

SESSYS (Single European Sky SYStems)

Preamble The structural weaknesses of a fragmented European Air Traffic Management (ATM) system are widely recognised and the subject of decades of political efforts by the European Commission to find a solution. The latest proposal of SES regulations, aimed at...

Philosophy and human motivations for space exploration

Preamble This document is the synthesis of a seminar organized on June 23, 2022 by the Academy of Air and Space (AAE), in the framework of the preparation of a symposium on “Space Exploration” planned for May 10-12, 2023 in Turin. With the aim of debating the...

Space Exploration conference proceedings

The Air and Space Academy, supported by AIDAA and SGAC, organised this international conference on Space Exploration at Politecnico di Torino on May 10-12, 2023. Chaired by Jean-Jacques Dordain, the conference attracted an audience of 340 and allowed 75 speakers to...

Acting for sustainable Air transport

This text, in its current state, is not an official document of the Air and Space Academy. It was written, on a provisional basis, by several members of the AAE Energy-Environment commission who, in view of the very active political and industrial context on the...

Air transport: perceptions and realities

This document was written by Éric Dautriat, Philippe Forestier, Philippe Fonta, Jean-Marc Garot and Alain Joselzon, members of the Energy and Environment Commission (C2E) of the Air and Space Academy. The first describes how air transport is included in international...

Will “sobriety” prevail in air travel – and in what form?

This article, written as part of the “Energy and Environment” Commission of the Air and Space Academy, is not an official document of the Academy, but the result of a joint drafting coordinated by Éric Dautriat with the contribution and agreement of the...