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  • 1 Transparency under high thermo-mechanical stresses

    Onera is developing perfectly transparent ceramics for applications in the aerospace and defense sectors where requirements are rigorous in terms of mechanical and thermal resistance... This first for Onera opens up new horizons for the making of all types of windows with high mechanical resistance for the aerospace and defense sectors
  • 2 ONERA lifts the veil on 70 years of its history: 1996 to the present day - A period of major changes

    During the 1990s, the defense sector learned lessons from conflicts (Gulf War, ex- Yugoslavia) that had thrust into prominence weaponry of precision and stealth. ONERA had been getting to grips with these topics even before these events occurred
  • 3 Which role Research & Technology must play to ensure France's continued stance as a major aerospace power ?

    On September 8 and 9, ONERA participate in the Summer Defense Conference, with Chairman and CEO Bruno Sainjon taking advantage of this opportunity to discuss the role that Research & Technology must play to ensure France's continued stance as a major aerospace power. The French (and European) aerospace industry is one of the increasingly rare industry sectors in which we still enjoy global status, with all that entails in terms of scientific, technological, industrial, economic and of course human challenges
  • 4 Certification - Onera, certified ISO 9001

    Veritas for" directing and conducting research in aerospace and defense"... Onera, the French aerospace research center, was one of the pioneers in its sector in setting up a formal quality initiative, resulting in the 1997 certification of its Computing, Engineering and Testing facilities division, which manages its large fleet of wind tunnels
  • 5 Bruno Sainjon - the new Chairman of ONERA

    October 7 2009 :named director of operations, also representing the French defense minister on the supervisory board of OCCAr (Organisation Conjointe de Coopération en matière d' Armement), the European Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation, which includes Belgium, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy and Spain