Aeronautics, Automotive, building, sport,... all of these sectors have in common the use of aerodynamic wind tunnels for their studies and research. For more than a hundred years, French industry has been designing and optimizing its achievements thanks to the internationally recognised aerodynamic means that are available in France; The ONERA, CSTB and the S2A3 […]
by Jean-Philippe Chessel, Director of the Stratobus product line, Thales Alenia Space A helium-inflated stratospheric airship powered by photovoltaic cells, storing its energy in a regenerative fuel cell system, ensures a very long-term mission. The needs are multiple: terrestrial or maritime surveillance, telecommunications in difficult areas or in addition to terrestrial and satellite networks for […]
by Claude Roche, former director of programme at the DGA, former vice-president major systems of Matra Défense Espace, vice-president of the EFA This conference shows and explains in detail the evolution and actual content of the research and applications of artificial intelligence since its beginnings, then its current developments, and how and why they allowed […]
This conference will take place in two parts. The great discoveries of the US-European mission Cassini-Huygens, which explored Saturn and its procession of satellites for 13 years (2004-2017), then preparations for the European mission juice, developing for the exploration of satellites of Jupiter and its satellites Galilean from 2030 – launch programmed in 2022-will be […]
By François Mignard, research director emeritus CNRS, member of the Bureau des longitudes On April 25, 2018, ESA and the European consortium DPAC delivered the second version of the results produced by Gaia satellite observations. By the diversity of data, their volume and especially the extreme precision of astrometry and photometry, it is an important date in […]
By Marc Noyelle, former deputy CEO of Aeroports de Paris and president of ADPI, Member of AAE. Most "Airports of the Future” (by 2060) will actually be today's 500 largest airports, strongly adapted to support growth (tripling of the number of passengers) and to offer better services. Fewer than 100 new airports will be built, mainly […]
by Jean-Loup Bertaux, Director of Research emeritus at the CNRS at the Laboratoire LATMOS, associated with the Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin, member of the Academy of Air and space. Are we alone in the universe ? This question was until now in the realm of speculation and science fiction. With the revolution of exoplanets, she […]
By Flight Captain Hans Rahmann, Director Mayday Foundation, former Lufthansa pilot Results of the Task Force after the GermanWings Accident in 2015 led to new EASA Regulations. These have to be implemented by August 2020. One of their main focusses is based on Peer Support Programmes (PSP). EPPSI, being part of the advisory body, supported […]
By Jean-Pierre Dubreuil, former Secretary General of the Eurocopter Group, Member of AAE Rotary wing aircraft have some specific properties that make them suitable, even essential, for a wide range of missions. However, they are hampered by certain aspects mainly linked to the aircraft itself which researchers are endeavouring to correct. his lecture describes the […]
Pr. Bernard Foing, astrophysicist ESA ESTEC, director ILEWG International Lunar Group, IAA member, professor at the VU Amsterdam, ISU, ISAE The international community has launched an orbital flotilla around the moon (10 probes since SMART-1 in 2003) that will continue with manned missions using capsules (Orion or Dragon in the US, China, etc.) and international […]
Lecture by Dr. Robert Zubrin, President of both the Mars Society and Pioneer Astronautics, author. This lecture investigates means for achieving human expeditions to Mars utilizing existing or near-term technology. The mission plan described here, Mars Direct is accomplished with tandem direct launches of payloads to Mars using the upper stages of the heavy lift […]
It was in France, in 1907, that the earliest attempts to fly "helicopter" type aircraft took place. It would then take nearly 30 years of research and testing to ensure that this complicated concept reached industrial stage, and 20 years more for the precursors of a future European helicopter industry to emerge. Today, rotary wing […]