US-France scientific cooperation on helicopters in the spotlight
International

US-France scientific cooperation on helicopters in the spotlight

The awarding of a prestigious prize from the American Helicopter Society recognises a fruitful cooperation between Onera research teams and their American partners in terms of scientific and technological research on rotating wings.

SONDRA celebrates its 10th anniversary in Singapore
International Cooperation

SONDRA celebrates its 10th anniversary in Singapore

SONDRA is a Franco-singaporean research laboratory joining ONERA, SUPELEC and two research institutes of Singapour. Sondra carries out research and technology activities on radar observation, combining physics and signal processing

Checking Identity While in Flight
Zoom in the lab

Checking Identity While in Flight

Is the plane that is contacting the control tower really the one that it claims to be? In order to check this, ONERA and its partners are developing a recognition system based on the use of ambient waves. 

ONERA has inaugurated the Equipex MATMECA atomisation tower
Investissements d'avenir

ONERA has inaugurated the Equipex MATMECA atomisation tower

Installed at the Onera Palaiseau site, this equipment worth 1.6 million €, mainly financed by the General Commission for Investment (CGI) via the ANR, will enable the development of new metal alloys for various industrial sectors.

Total and ONERA sign major research contract for airborne remote sensing
Transfert technologique

Total and ONERA sign major research contract for airborne remote sensing

Total and ONERA today signed a large-scale research and innovation partnership agreement, spanning five years and budgeted at 30 million euros. This partnership aims to adapt or develop remote sensing technologies for use in oil and gas exploration, security and environmental protection applications.

A First: The Mapping of Aircraft Engine Exhaust Emissions
Aviation and Environment

A First: The Mapping of Aircraft Engine Exhaust Emissions

In order to better understand the link between aeronautical fine-particle emissions and the formation of condensation trails in aircraft wakes, ONERA has implemented, together with Snecma, the MERMOSE test campaign to finely characterize gaseous chemical species and particulate matter emissions of a complete aircraft engine.

The earth in all its glory, seen from the sky using the SIELETERS instrument
Hyperspectral Imaging

The earth in all its glory, seen from the sky using the SIELETERS instrument

Onera has designed and developed Sieleters, an instrument intended to be an airborne infrared hyperspectral imagery benchmark. The first images obtained with it, which are of excellent quality, will undoubtedly achieve this goal.

An important step to test the equivalence principle on an atomic scale
Physics

An important step to test the equivalence principle on an atomic scale

Onera, already recognized as an expert in the spatial macroscopic measurement of the equivalence principle (MICROSCOPE) has just made an important advancement in terms of atomic scale measurement to test this cornerstone of physics.

GOCE mission: Onera accelerometers measured the drag force up to the end
Physics

GOCE mission: Onera accelerometers measured the drag force up to the end

The GOCE satellite?s mission (2009-2013) lasted two years longer than expected, collecting exceptionally accurate data about Earth?s gravity. Onera?s accelerometers also made it possible to learn more about the upper atmosphere, up to the end.