Managing the impact of weather on air and space launch operations
30 Jun 2026
Toulouse
ByJacques Verrière, former Captain, Air France Flight Instructor, Member of the AAE Weather conditions have a considerable influence on flight ...
What’s the latest on life on Mars?
29 Sep 2026
Toulouse
By Sylvestre Maurice, astrophysicist-planetologist, director of IRAP, AAE correspondent We live in extraordinary times: some twenty robotic vehicles have explored ...
Giant telescopes and Adaptive Optics: a revolution in space observation
27 Oct 2026
Toulouse
By Thierry Fusco, Research Director, Scientific Assistant, Optics Department, ONERA Adaptive optics has revolutionized high-resolution imaging by compensating in real ...
En route to sustainable aviation: from climate science to mitigation policies
19 Nov 2026
Toulouse
Faced with the climate emergency, commercial aviation is at a crossroads: it must achieve its decarbonisation goal by 2050 while ...
Collective defence of Europe and European defence*
Turbulence up 55%, costly delays and space issues: the MeteOps 2025 symposium in Brussels brought together ...
Collective defence of Europe and European defence*
Antoine Bouvier Former head of Strategy at Airbus, associate member of CAIA, AAE member* Text originally ...
Newsletter No.141 – European defence
Editorial by Louis-Alain Roche, Lieutenant general (armament) retired, AAE member and president of its Defence commission ...
Board “Flight AAE 8.30”!
New format, new pace, new experience. The Air and Space Academy is revamping its Technical Meetings ...
AAE Dossier n°57 – 2015-2025: The rise of civilian...
The drone sector is evolving rapidly, particularly in terms of civilian applications. Over the past decade, European regulations have gradually ...
Opinion n°21 – Danger of interactions between unco...
The case of independent automated safety systems of air traffic control and aircraft This document is the result of work ...
Dossier 56 – Seven recommendations to secure the f...
The ESA Ministerial Council in Seville in November 2023 was held without the availability of its launchers, due to the ...
Dossier 55 – Decarbonising air transport by 2050: ...
AAE Dossier n°55 develops the themes already addressed in its Opinion n°20. It analyses the situation of air transport in ...
Dossier 54 – Progress in air transport automation:...
Digital technology has brought about a revolution with the introduction of automated systems into the various components of air transport ...
Opinion N°20: Decarbonising air transport
Air transport is global: it has enabled an incredible expansion in relations between peoples. It intends to be sustainable in ...
AI for Experts: From Tool to Trust
Replay de la matinale « Vol AAE 8.30 » du 9 juin 2026, le rendez-vous trimestriel digital de l’Académie. Un ...
European satellites for weather forecasting
Recording of the lecture by Alain Ratier, member of the AAE and former Director General of EUMETSAT, on May 26, ...
Travel through a black hole with Interstellar
Recording of the lecture by Jean-Pierre Luminet, Emeritus Research Director at the CNRS, Marseille Astrophysics Laboratory, and Corresponding Member of ...
Space strategies: are we heading for a war in space?
Replay of the conference given by General (2S) Jean-Daniel Testé, former Joint Space Commander, Vice President AGENA SPACE, Associate BL ...
Artemis, jump seats and deconstruction
By Eric DAUTRIAT, Former Director of Launchers at CNES and former Vice-President of AAE As might be expected, Artemis 2 ...
Résolution du phénomène vibratoire Pogo du lanceur Diamant BP4
By Michel VEDRENNE, Former Director at Dassault Aviation's Direction Générale Technique and fellow of AAE Diamant launchers, developed by France ...
A few pages on Artificial Intelligence
By Claude ROCHE, Ingénieur en chef de l'Armement, former Program Director at DGA, former Vice President Major Systems at Matra ...
Update on Airline Pilot Hypovigilance and Incapacitation Detectors
By Jean-Jacques SPEYER, member of the Civil Aeronautics Commission of the AAE This note recalls the work carried out up ...