Lecture by Patrick Mana, Cyber-security Program Manager, EATM-CERT Manager at EUROCONTROL The cyber threats to aviation take numerous forms: state-sponsored attacks, cyber-crime, hacktivists. The scale of the threat means it is no longer truly possible to be completely cyber-secure. The real goal should be “cyber-resilience,” focusing both on defending against attacks and quickly reacting should […]
Following the evolution of the health crisis we inform you that the lecture has been postponed to a later date. We will keep you informed of the new programming of this Conference. Towards a renewal of supersonic transport by Gérard THÉRON, former head of Airbus' propulsion skills centre, member of the Air and Space Academy […]
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By Marianna Braza, Director of Research at CNRS, Toulouse Institute of Fluid Mechanics Our activities on the theme of morphing, which consists of optimizing the shape and vibrational behavior of aircraft using intelligent active electro materials and advanced aerodynamic concepts, have proven the effectiveness of new aircraft wing designs of the future. Inspired by the […]
By Bernard Chemoul, General Inspector, CNES. The Guiana Space Centre was the result of the national political will in the mid-1960s to endow France with an autonomous space policy. With its exceptional location, the CSG is the spaceport of Europe, an essential asset of the European Space Agency and the flight base of all European […]
In partnership with the City of Science and Industry Drones have now invaded the sky, but usually small. Two examples of large drones are presented here: a stealth vehicle demonstrator, the nEUROn and an operational tactical drone, the Patroller. Demonstration of the nEUROn, stealth combat drone byThierry Prunier, former director of the nEUROn program, Dassault […]
By Prof. Laurence Hubert-Moy, member of the Scientific Programmes Committee (SPC) of CNES, University of Rennes, AAE correspondent Deforestation, urbanization, drainage and cultivation of wet grasslands, melting glaciers, advances in deserts... are all changes that are happening all over the world. In the context of climate change, monitoring these landscape dynamics is an important challenge […]
By Frances Westall, geologist, astrobiologist, director of the exobiology group of the Centre for Molecular Biology in Orleans, president of the European Association of Astrobiology. Has life appeared on Earth only, or is it a "cosmic phenomenon", as thinks the Nobel laureate, Christian de Duve ? Can it appear everywhere or are there certain constraints? […]
By Prof. Roger-Maurice Bonnet, astrophysicist, director of research emeritus at the CNRS (Paris Institute of Astrophysics), former Scientific Director of ESA, former Executive Director of the International Space Science Institute in Bern (Switzerland), member of the Royal Academy of Swedish Science, an honorary member of the AAE. For thirty years Hubble, remains the largest space […]
This conference has been postponed. We will inform you of the next date as soon as it is known. By Michel Wachenheim, President of the Air and Space Academy The lecture will present the conclusions of the conference “Air transport in crisis and the climate challenge” organised by the Air and Space Academy in March […]
By Michel Tognini, pilot, astronaut, former head of the European Astronaut Centre, AAE correspondent. Are there adventures that make you dream? That of Space is one of them. Michel Tognini is one of the few French astronauts to have flown with the Russians with the Soyuz mission and the Americans on Columbia. He will talk […]
Lighter than Air has an ancient origin and various applications are well known, but with little development. Multiple reasons lead to propose, today, new commercial achievements; what are these new features and for which projects? For scientific balloons, CNES with its balloon systems and the CNRS, with its instruments, position France as a world leader, […]