By Jean-Paul Perrais, Former deputy CEO Aérospatiale Aircraft, Member of AAE China has during few decades reached very high level in many industrial activities and put them at the head of global completion, like cars, merchant ships, electronic devices, etc.. But to-day the aeronautical industry is not yet in the list of success stories, in […]
THE BOURGET WORKSHOPS Building on the success of previous editions, the ASTech Paris Region competitiveness cluster has decided to launch a new session of the Bourget workshop Training by the debate, these workshops offer a unique opportunity, to reinforce its visions and skills on themes: Business Innovation Production / organization Read more » AIM With […]
By Prof. Iain Gray, CBE FREng FRSE FRAes, Director of Aerospace, Cranfield University It is said that we are on the cusp of a new technology revolution in aerospace with exciting developments happening in electrification, artificial intelligence autonomy and new materials. There is no doubt that the role that research across our universities has played is […]
By Bernard PESTEL, aeronautical consultant at Aeroexpert, former director of IFURTA (Institute for University Training and Air Transport Research), member of the Academy. Terrorism is not a totally new form of political violence, but a very old and universal one. Some authors make it appear from the 1st century. Today, the plane is unfortunately a […]
By General Giuseppe CORNACCHIA, Hypersonic Flight coordinator, Associazione Arma Aeronautica Sezione Roma Due “L.Broglio” From myth to vision and technological breakthrough, the history of flight has transitioned from “heavier than air” powered aircraft (Wilbur and Orville Wright, 1903) to faster than sound (Charles “Chuck” Yeager, 1947) in a relatively short time in the first half […]
by Christophe Bonnal, Senior expert, launchers Directorate at CNES, chairman of the Commission debris of the IAA, correspondent of the EFA The massive development of space applications that we are witnessing is confronted by a number of constraints, among which the pollution of space appears to be one of the most significant. The unbridled use […]
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 […]
Major projects always represent technical, financial and calendar issues of importance to the States or large companies that undertake them. Even if they pose risks, they are irreplaceable engines of innovation and economy. The two academies believe that it is useful to examine the return of experience obtained on major projects passed in terms not […]
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 […]
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