ONERA and DLR perform Beluga XL ground vibration testing
06/06/2018

ONERA and DLR perform Beluga XL ground vibration testing

A joint team from the French aerospace research center ONERA and the German Aerospace Center (DLR) performed the ground vibration testing (GVT) of the new Airbus Beluga XL large transport aircraft

First results from Microscope satellite confirm Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity with unprecedented precision
04/12/2017

First results from Microscope satellite confirm Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity with unprecedented precision

Measurements of the equivalence principle had not been improved upon for 10 years, but now the first results from CNES’s Microscope satellite, equipped with accelerometers supplied by the French aerospace research agency ONERA, are 10 times better.

ONERA participates in Racer
28/08/2017

ONERA participates in Racer

ONERA helicopter skills bring decisive elements to the Racer, the fast rotorcraft demonstrator of Airbus Helicopters.

Airbus Safran Launchers et l’ONERA
31/03/2017

Airbus Safran Launchers et l’ONERA

Airbus Safran Launchers and ONERA are cooperating more closely to prepare jointly the French and European space sector for the future
Microscope satellite First results looking very promising
07/12/2016

Microscope satellite First results looking very promising

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.

NASA and ONERA, strategic partners against aircraft noise
29/09/2016

NASA and ONERA, strategic partners against aircraft noise

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 bilatera

CNES ONERA cooperation First ultra-precise measurements from Microscope
27/09/2016

CNES ONERA cooperation First ultra-precise measurements from Microscope

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.

Here’s to another 70 years of excellence in aerospace research
16/09/2016

Here’s to another 70 years of excellence in aerospace research

On the occasion of its 70th anniversary, ONERA will be celebrating aerospace research from September 17 to December 11 through a dedicated exhibition.

Sogeti France assists ONERA with the Management of its information Infrastructure
07/09/2016

Sogeti France assists ONERA with the Management of its information Infrastructure

Paris, September 7 2016 - Sogeti France, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Capgemini Group, is managing an infrastructure outsourcing contract with ONERA1, the leading aeronautics and space research organisation in France, and assisting in the modernisation and security of its information systems.

DCNS and ONERA sign a framework agreement for innovative and cooperative R&D
20/06/2016

DCNS and ONERA sign a framework agreement for innovative and cooperative R&D

On Monday 20 June, at DCNS's headquarters in Paris, Hervé Guillou, Chairman and CEO of DCNS, and Bruno Sainjon, Chairman and CEO of ONERA, signed a framework agreement aimed at developing their synergies and proposing joint R&D projects in the naval and maritime domains, including weapon syst

Creation of the Association of the European Space Research Establishments: ESRE
14/03/2016

Creation of the Association of the European Space Research Establishments: ESRE

On March 10, the Association of the European Space Research Establishments – ESRE – was formally established as an International Non-Profit Organisation according to Belgian Law (AISBL).

The French–Swiss Chamber of Commerce and Industry's Innovation Prize has been awarded to CSEM and ONERA
12/02/2016

The French–Swiss Chamber of Commerce and Industry's Innovation Prize has been awarded to CSEM and ONERA

Montreux, 12 February 2016—CSEM and its French partner ONERA have been awarded the Innovation Prize for the excellence of their technical outcomes in the development of a pressure-sensitive paint for aerodynamic analyses in transonic wind tunnels.