The two satellites of the Grace* mission have been orbiting for 15 years. On board, ONERA's two indispensable accelerometers (one on board each satellite) have been operating without incident since the start of the mission.

On the occasion of their annual meeting, ONERA, JAXA* and DLR* signed a new research agreement specifying the terms of an enhanced trilateral scientific cooperation for 3 years.

The Partnership Agreement, created over the past few months by the two entities to define jointly the most efficient modes of collaboration, was signed in Paris by the CEO of Airbus Safran Launchers, Alain Charmeau, and Bruno Sainjon, the CEO of ONERA.

Mr. CHEONG Chee Hoo, new CEO of Singapore’s largest national defence R&D organization -DSO National Laboratories- visited ONERA on 12 and 13 January 2017.

On the occasion of the International Forum for Aviation Research IFAR, held in Daejeon (South Korea), Bruno Sainjon, CEO of ONERA, and Dr Jaiwon Shin, Associate Administrator for the Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate at NASA, signed an agreement specifying the terms of an enhanced bilateral scientific cooperation for 4 years on the subject of reducing aircraft noise.

In orbit since April, Microscope (MICROSatellite à trainée Compensée pour l’Observation du Principe d’Équivalence) is pursuing functional tests before its scheduled switch to mission mode at the end of the year. Teams at CNES and the French aerospace research agency ONERA are currently gearing up for the science phase of the mission with the first ultra-precise measurements acquired by the satellite.

CNES’s Microscope satellite with ONERA’s instrument T-SAGE, has begun the long science phase of its mission after successfully completing in-orbit checkout, during which it has already achieved very promising results.

The special issue of the international journal "Materials at High Temperature" with the title "High Temperature Materials for Aerospace Applications" has just been published. The book, co-edited by ONERA, NASA and Georgia Tech, contains four articles by ONERA researchers; this is the strongest representation.

On the occasion of its 70th anniversary, ONERA will be celebrating aerospace research from September 17 to December 11 through a dedicated exhibition. The goal: to show and explain its full contribution to some of the greatest aeronautics and space achievements, as well as its know-how to prepare the future.