From legend to reality, the Chinese Moon exploration programme. Lecture by Linli GUO, Chief Engineer at the Chinese Academy of Space Technology (CAST). Moderated by Michel BLANC, astronomer, IRAP/Midi-Pyrénées Observatory, UPS-CNRS; Executive Director, International Space Science Institute in Beijing, AAE Member . Organised in partnership with the Air and Space Academy and IRAP/OMP/CNRS as part […]
Lecture cancelled Their real story : a longer and different history than what is known. Lecture by Pascal Bultel, Expert at CNES, former airline world engineer and historian. SPACEX performed a number of premiers since 2015 : first recovery of a commercial reusable launcher, first recovery at sea, first reflight, first flight of a multi […]
Presented by Michel DEWERDT, Director of the Toulouse Establishment, Airbus Operations SAS The success of a new aircraft programme such as the A350XWB depends on a very large number of factors. In a context of technological change, strong competition and production ramp ups, industrial excellence is one of the keys to this success. With its […]
Lecture by Dr. Paul Weissenberg, former deputy general director of the European Commission, correspondent of Air & Space Academy Space cannot be dissociated from the political identity of the European Union. With a proposed budget of 16 billion euros over 7 years and a single regulatory framework, the EU is accelerating and expanding its space […]
INCOSE International Conference on Human Systems Integration intends to inspire and engage researchers, innovators and practitioners in productive discussions of how technologies, organisations, jobs and responsibilities of operations actors, engineering designers, certifiers, trainers, maintainers and many other technology stakeholders can be reshaped to meet near and long-term goals of safe, efficient and comfortable operations. Preliminary […]
Why Horizon 2061? 2061 will be the centennial of the first human space flight and of President Kennedy’s Moon address to Congress 2061 will see the return of comet P/Halley in the inner solar system, reminding us of the international fleet of spacecraft which flew by it in 1986 ! Thus, 2061 is a symbolic […]
Photographs and recordings will not be allowed by Jean-Claude Hironde, former Rafale technical director at Dassault Aviation, AAE member The Rafale programme, spearhead of French national Defence, will be presented in its complete cycle, from upstream studies to delivery to the French Navy and Air Force. The specifications of the Rafale programme are very ambitious: […]
Due to the speaker's unavailability, the conference scheduled for this date on "The Sun Our Star: Threats and Promises" is postponed and replaced by this conference. Presented by Sylvie Vauclair, professor emeritus at the University of Toulouse, honorary member of the University Institute of France, astrophysicist at the Institute for Research in Astrophysics and Planetology […]
Gérard Théron, former head of the Airbus Propulsion competence centre, AAE member At a time when supersonic aircraft projects, mainly business aircraft, are flourishing once again in the media, this presentation begins by analysing the characteristics of Concorde, the only supersonic commercial aircraft in the civil market. It then presents the projects developed in the […]
By Thierry Prunier, former director of the nEUROn programme at Dassault Aviation, vice-president of AAE The nEUROn, a stealth combat drone, conducted a campaign of flight and ground tests that demonstrated mastery of the key technologies needed by a future combat drone with the main mission of detecting targets before being detected, and firing without […]
Presented by Flight Captain Hans RAHMANN, Former Lufthansa Pilot, Director MayDay Foundation Increased technology has meant that the role of pilots has changed and might be thought to be easier and less stressful, but in many areas this is certainly not the case which can lead to abnormalities in a pilot’s behaviour and performance directly […]
For a long time the A400 was considered a problem at Airbus. Deadlines could not be met due to technical hurdles and the rising cost of the project kept the A400M in the headlines for a long time. Originally planned as a traditional military transport aircraft, requirements increased over the years. With regard to comparable […]