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 […]
While Airbus has just celebrated its 50th anniversary, the aircraft manufacturer continues to meet the challenges of modern aviation on a daily basis while offering solutions to serve its customers. Philippe Mhun, Executive Vice President of Airbus Programs and Services, will return to this conference, on current market elements and challenges, it will present Airbus […]
Space players are often blamed for having turned Space into a rubbish bin. Into a dump, maybe (this is debatable), but definitely not a rubbish bin! Because a rubbish bin is an advanced instrument of waste management, involving many players. Managing waste is the responsibility of all members of Homo sapiens, from their unnatural actions. […]
by Michel Courtois, former director of ESTEC, ESA technical centre, former technical director of Alcatel Space, member of AAE, space systems engineering consultant The creation of the CubeSat standard in 2000 by California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly) and Stanford University, thanks to strong support from the US government, paved the way for a strong […]
