• Towards an exploration of the Moon that respects its environment

    By Michel Blanc, Professor Emeritus, IRAP, University of Toulouse, Chair of the COSPAR "Panel on Exploration", fellow of the AAE Lunar exploration is the first step towards future human missions to Mars. It also has its own objectives: scientific research, exploitation of local resources, services for astronauts, and perhaps even tourism. At a time of […]

  • Exploring Jupiter and its icy moons: the JUICE mission

    By Cyril CAVEL, former 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 and scheduled for lift-off in April 2023 to reach Jupiter in July 2031. The mission aims to […]

  • General aviation and hybridization: a solution to accelerate the environmental transition

    Hybrid electric aviation offers a new mode of regional transport for multiple applications: passenger transport, medical evacuation cargo, organ transport... Hybridization techniques are a first technological leap enabling general aviation to meet its carbon objectives as the best route to more sustainable aviation, compatible with the transition from kerosene to SAF. Hybridization will also enable […]

  • [ Postponed] The challenges facing European airports in 2050

    . By Franck Goldnadel, President of Aéroports de la Côte d'Azur The greening of aviation is often talked about by manufacturers and airlines, but less so by hospitality structures, which also have serious challenges to face. These include the airport's technical resources, the preparation of refuelling with new fuels, some of which are difficult to […]

  • Human-Systems Integration: A discussion of artificial intelligence

    By Prof. Guy André Boy, FlexTech Chair, ESTIA & CentraleSupélec (Paris Saclay University), AAE member We now live in a digital and virtual world in which we seek ever closer proximity to reality. Artificial intelligence (AI) has invaded our lives, and the relationship between humans and AI should be further explored from the point of […]

  • Concorde: will it mark the apogee of air transport as a means of rapid travel?

    Conference organized by 3AF Midi-Pyrénées in partnership with the Académie de l'air et de l'espace and in collaboration with the Aérothèque. Presented by Guy DESTARAC, head of the 3AF Midi-Pyrénées heritage working group This talk will retrace the genesis of the program in the context of the times: air transport was engaged in the race […]

  • Formal sitting 2024

    Public session - Pierre Baudis Congress Centre (Cassiopeia hall) 09:30 - Reception speech Didier FUSSEN, Doctor of Science, former head of the "Solar Radiation" department at Belgium's Royal Institute for Space Aeronomy, full member of Section 1, elected June 15, 2023, on : "Between the two infinities, Science as Pascalian entertainment". 09:50 - Introducing the […]

  • Will we reach for the stars?

    Conference as part of the "Scroll!" 2025 Festival organized by Toulouse Metropole. By Roland Lehoucq, astrophysicist at CEA Saclay Space travel is a favorite theme in science fiction. Some films, like Star Wars or Star Trek, feature fabulous spaceships that take you from planet to planet like a bus. Others, like Avatar, show more plausible […]

  • AI and training: from university to the professional world

    Artificial Intelligence is now present at every step of our lives; every action, every device involves AI. However, there are many mysteries surrounding these two letters AI. According to some, they will change our lives; for others, they should be viewed with great caution. Whatever the case, this new "tool" must be integrated into our […]

  • Agile knowledge transfer: what methods for such an ambition?

    After the success of the first symposium held at the Air Museum in Le Bourget in January 2024: "The transport of tomorrow, which engineers for such ambitions?", the organizers are very pleased to invite you to a second edition: AGILE KNOWLEDGE TRANSMISSION: WHAT METHODS FOR SUCH AN AMBITION? We look forward to seeing you at […]

  • Air traffic control in Europe: the real storm

    By Marc Baumgartner, Room Manager and Air Traffic Controller at Skyguide, AAE member The impact of COVID on aviation was abysmal. Air traffic was at an all-time low. By 2024, air traffic and flight delays had reached pre-pandemic levels, prompting numerous complaints from airlines. Why is air traffic control unable to overcome bottlenecks, despite 20 […]