Basic research for the entire Airbus family, from wind-tunnel testing to flight laws
 

A joint Franco-German effort by Onera and DLR for Eurocopter led to the first “silent” rotor blades
 

Better alloys for turbines, combining mechanical strength and increased heat resistance
 

UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles): a “system vision”, bringing together the full range of Onera’s expertise

New radar systems: space surveillance, over-the-horizon tracking, etc.

Ultra-sensitive accelerometers, with CNES, for major space projects by NASA and ESA
 

Increasingly multidisciplinary integration, based on large software platforms

Airborne high-resolution infrared instruments
 

Reactive flows: using lasers for visualization
 

Ariane 5: from basic research to technical analysis
 

Naos adaptive optics system for the Very Large Telescope in Chile