By Gil Denis , Head of Technology Development, Airbus Defence and Space and Alix Roumagnac , President, Predict Services Climate change increases people's exposure to risks in general and hydrometeorological risks in particular. Since the beginning of the space age, satellites have played an important role in managing risks and major disasters. The two speakers […]
By Sylvestre Maurice, astrophysicist at IRAP, specialist in Martian exploration, AAE correspondent These are great times! To date, 12 vehicles are operational around Mars or on its surface. Trophy of national supremacy, field of technological experiments, source of wonder for the peoples who follow with fervor this adventure, the exploration of the red planet represents […]
By Xavier Bouis, Chairman of the Energy and Environment Commission of the Air and Space Academy (C2E) Since 1800, fossil fuels and their use in machines have gradually liberated us from the "survival" mode of our ancestors... Agriculture, medicine, housing, transport, industry, leisure, free time... The unimaginable is here, accessible to many if not all! […]
By Jérémy Caussade, co-founder, president and chief engineer, AURA AERO Aviation naturally tends to want to decarbonize. Simply because his obsession is to spend less to cost less, especially since for 50 years oil has been more and more expensive. Technological developments are often staged. For barely ten years these innovations have been linked and […]
By Michel Desaulty, former Chief Research and Technology Engineer, Safran Aircraft engines, member of the AAE Air transport accounts for about 2.6% of CO2 emissions, despite all the actions taken to reduce fossil fuels, the challenge towards zero emissions is all the more ambitious as traffic growth must be anticipated. Hydrogen is one way […]
From 9:15 to 12:00: Public session Grand Auditorium – José Cabanis Media Library 1 alley Jacques Chaban DelmasFrom 14:00 to 17:00: Formal session Hall of Illustrious – Town Hall Place du Capitole9:15 - Acceptance speech Philippe BORENTIN, Historian of Concorde, fellow of Section 5, elected on June 16, 2022, on: "What am I doing on […]
By Cyril CAVEL , JUICE Project Manager, Airbus Defence and Space and Olivier WITASSE, JUICE Project Scientist, European Space Agency JUICE, a major project of the European Space Agency, is a satellite built by Airbus Defense & Space that is scheduled to take off in 2023 and join Jupiter in 2031. The mission aims to […]
By Vincent Costes, head of GEIPAN at CNES with the participation of Francine Cordier, GEIPAN investigator GEIPAN studies aerospace observations, unexplained phenomena observed in the sky, that have been reported to it since 1977 (46 years). This is one of the many missions of the CNES (Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales). It's a very original mission. […]
By Sylvie Vauclair, astrophysicist, professor emeritus, member of the AAE Since the dawn of humanity, human beings have sought to understand the world in which they live and to situate themselves in relation to it. Science and technology have led to spectacular advances that have challenged old ideas and changed humanity's self-image of the cosmos. […]
By Georges Ville, 60 years with Airbus, former President of the AAE Airbus Industrie became interested in the single-aisle market in 1981 and in 1984 launched the A320 family equipped with CFM56 engines with the support of Air France. Technological innovations and visionary choices in the definition of the aircraft are helping to anticipate its […]
By Marie-Anne Clair, former director of the Guiana Space Centre, CNES, AAE correspondent The powerful blast that is disrupting the space transportation ecosystem has not spared the Guiana Space Center. The current model, in which Arianespace is the sole user of the space base, has fizzled out and the CSG, like an airport hosting several […]
A meeting organized by the Air and Space Academy and the Center of Aerospace Research of Sapienza, University of Rome About the decarbonisation of aviation, the conference will focus on its four main pillars: continuous performance improvement, sustainable alternative fuels, carbon capture, and ”sobriety”. The crucial development of alternative fuels raises the question of the […]