Christine Klein

Détroit de Magellan: la frontière du bout du monde" from France Culture's "Cultures Monde" touches on the longstanding territorial dispute between Chile and Argentina over the Strait of Magellan. This conflict stems from historical claims and strategic importance, as the strait is a vital maritime passage. The episode explores how this dispute has influenced diplomatic relations and regional stability, emphasizing the geopolitical tensions and efforts at resolution.#argentina #defense #chili #armada

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ADOSSA Association pour le DévelOppement des Systèmes Spatiaux et de leurs Applications Association for Development Of Space Systems and their Applicationx   It is proposed to create an association (for instance loi 1901 in France) to help the development of the Space activity, especially through innovation. Like for any such associations, bylaws will have to be writen and registered, and a managing commitee elected. Note ; registration of the association could be done in France where avantageous fiscal possibilities exist ! The association could therefore cover (not exclusively) : ·      Exchange of informations ·      Offers of jobs ·      Informations on projects, new or in active development, with special emphasis on invitation to join the activity at individual or entity participation level ·      Courses ·      Working groups ·      Call for proposals -public or private ·      Technical and/or commercial products ·      … It is also possible to decide that this association awards prices for Books, Publications, studies, projets proposals … and awards medals, or diplomas to individual or groups.   To these ends it is proposed to put in place a web site open to members (a modest annual financial contribution could be  paid yearly by members, something in the order or 30 to 50 euros -TBD). Also the web site could accepted publicities and sponsorships. The informations proposed by members for publication would be supervised by a sub-committee. In support of the ADOSSA managing committee, One or two part time employees would run on a daily base the association, the web site and other activities. Idealy these employees could be made available by CNES, ESA or other large entities. This association would certainly ease filling the gap between two consecutive 4S symposiums and would help the 4S organizing committee. Daniel HERNANDEZ

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ESA is ready to deliver again, for Europe and its citizens. In an increasingly complex geopolitical world, ensuring resilient, secure and fast governmental communications is essential. ESA will play a crucial role in the technical implementation of the IRIS2 programme. ESA’s excellence will foster innovation in the European space industry, boost European competitiveness, create jobs and attract talents to Europe. The Commission’s trust in ESA to oversee the development of the constellation and its ground infrastructure speaks volumes of ESA’s successful track record in the delivery of European flagship programmes.

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Ariane 6 has been launched successfully. We restored independent access to space for Europe. We have made history. Europe is back in space.   With daily life increasingly reliant on space to keep people and things connected for communication, banking, transport, medicine and weather forecasting, the ability to launch independently is vital. Europe now has this ability again – and it will even increase with Vega-C and new launcher systems coming up.   Believe me, this launch means a lot to me, also personally. Launchers constitute about 13% of ESA budget, but there were times where I spent 60+% of my time on A6 and launchers.   When I took office as DG in March 2021, there were a lot of technical and management issues. The schedule was not clear and kept slipping.   The opto-pyro problem, one of our biggest challenges, was reported at the last Task Force meeting before Xmas 2022. This plunged us into a launcher crisis. But we used the crisis well, as it led to renewed efforts and enhanced political support, for example at Sevilla.   Delays kept on happening, until tests were completed in November 2023. Since then, launch period (mid-June until end of July) did not change again. We managed to stabilize things and regain control.   This leads me to the fact that this launch also has a more strategic dimension. Decision makers have tasked us to take bold steps in space exploration, in line with a renewed space for Europe. Together with our partners we have taken up this challenge. Being responsible for the overall launch system, ESA has shown that, when set a task, it delivers. Europe can count on us. Thank you to every single one of you involved in this success.

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The European Space Agency - ESA faces a challenge related to its investment model, specifically the policy of awarding contracts based on "georeturn"—allocating contracts to countries in proportion to their investments in individual programs. As Philippe Baptiste, head of France’s space agency CNES argues, the current practice of awarding contracts based on individual countries’ investments definitely hinders Europe’s ability to develop competitive sovereign launch capabilities. The problem is "georeturn" policy often compels prime contractors to award contracts by nationality rather than competitiveness and that led to delays and budget overruns like the #Ariane6 project. Also, it's not bringing any core value to the #EU. Although this "georeturn" is quite capable of bringing funding to some small nations but how about the German Aerospace Center (DLR)? Will they also pull the plug? Are we gonna see policy changes? #space #ESA #spacepolicy #spacelaw #business #spaceeconomy #Europe https://lnkd.in/dwwYNbUu

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Last Monday, More than 40 persons online and of course "live" at ISAE-SUPAERO to follow our MDO PhD Day Seminar !!! Thanks ONERA - The French Aerospace Lab and Institut Clément Ader (ICA) CNRS UMR 5312 Thanks also to the students: Lisa Pretsch, Bayesian optimization approaches for large-scale multi-component aero-structural compressorblade design James Mingzhi Shihua , Mission-Based Performance Analysis and Optimization of an Amphibious Aircraft Lucas Baraton Bayesian Quality-Diversity optimization for conditional search-space problems based on budget allocation Daniel Muradás Odriozola, Control surface sizing and design through integrated MDO approach Luiz Tibério, Design, Optimization, and Data Driven Control of small VTOLs Giovanni Catalani, Implicit Neural Representations for surrogate modeling of CFD #MDO #PhD #AEROSPACEENGINEERING #OPTIMIZATION

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Finally some M&A news in the European aerospace industry that do not come from a big group. Great news that gives a positive signal in a traditionally conservative European industry (especially startups and scale-ups ) on such moves. M&A is a key generator of growth, way too under exploited in Europe vs the US.

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🤔 What are the lessons-learned from the summer 2024 ❓ How to significantly increase the operational usage and the network resilience for the summer 2025❓ These two questions will drive our discussions during the next DPMG/DSG session. 💬 Join us & contribute to make the datalink stronger.

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Our civil-military cooperation colleagues were at #EIH the EUROCONTROL Innovation Hub to validate the MITRANO project's Solution 1 with ANSPs, military stakeholders, industry partners and the EUROCONTROL Network Manager.   MITRANO is a SESAR Joint Undertaking project, led by EUROCONTROL, that addresses the management of mission trajectories and collaborative decision-making at network level and in ATC operations, including advanced design principles for military access to airspace.   The first validation exercise of its Solution 1 took place at #EIH leveraging our simulation platforms to test the integration of shared military ATM data within the collaborative traffic flow & capacity management processes.   👉 Our partner organisations 🤝 for this validation included Airbus, Pansa, ROMATSA, INTEGRA A/S, NATS, and military airspace users from France, Germany & Spain.   Europe's armed forces operate more than 150,000 flights per year. Accommodating them may mean closing airspace, sometimes at short notice, to civil traffic. Given the growing air traffic demand & complexity, new operational & technical solutions that allow more flexible civil-military cooperation, like the SESAR3 project MITRANO, are thus vital to maximise the use of airspace.

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Thales and the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) have signed a new partnership agreement in the field of generative artificial intelligence (AI). The Thales AI research teams at the Group’s AI accelerator for mission-critical systems, will work with the CEA teams to deliver sovereign trusted AI solutions. Through this three-year renewable partnership, Thales will provide its AI expertise and deep knowledge of the defence and security sectors, while the CEA will contribute its know-how in multimodal generative AI (based on text, images, audio, electromagnetic signals, structured data and other inputs) to accelerate the integration of AI into solutions for Thales customers with critical mission requirements.

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#Vidéo 🔴⚪️ Retrouvez le replay de notre webinaire : “Enhancing collective security in outer #space: challenges and opportunities at the dawn of a new space age”.

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🌟 Amazing end of 2024 at Thales Alenia Space in Switzerland: Contract Signing for LISA CAS! 🌟 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐚 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐳𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 has just signed 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗿 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗮 (𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗔) 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗰𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝘂𝗯𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺(𝗖𝗔𝗦) contract with 𝗧𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗱𝘆𝗻𝗲 𝗦𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗜𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗨𝗞. Teledyne Space Imaging is Prime Contractor of this fundamental part of the LISA payload, which enables establishing the interferometric laser links between spacecrafts positioned at the vertices of a triangular constellation and transform them into a single gravitational wave observatory. In Switzerland, we will take charge of the complete 𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐲 (COH), including the sensor from Teledyne, and of the testing at CAS level integrating 2 optical head assemblies and the electronics unit, also coming from Teledyne. Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) represents a groundbreaking collaboration between ESA and NASA, and we are proud to be part of this 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻. LISA is the first space mission dedicated to observing 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐬 —tiny ripples in the fabric of space time that are generated by the movement of massive celestial bodies. With a constellation of three spacecraft, LISA is set to revolutionize our understanding of the cosmos. We take immense pride in our contribution to the success of this mission, and we eagerly anticipate the exciting and challenging development ahead! #ThalesAleniaSpaceinSwitzerland #LISA #gravitationalwaves #space Teledyne Space Imaging Michael B. Elise BALLEE Antonio Casciello Andrea Calabrese Stefan Schulze-Walewski Antonino Spatola Helen Sweeney Peter van Wyk

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🔍 Thales: Transforming Production for a #WarEconomy 🌍 This morning, Florence Gourgeon, VP Quality and Customer Satisfaction Thales, is speaking at the EOQ, European Organization for Quality in #Reims to highlight the key role of the quality function in the transition to a war economy. This crucial topic raises strategic challenges for organizations in the face of a complex geopolitical context. At Thales, we are redefining our approach to #QualityAssurance and #CustomerSatisfaction to scale our production. By moving away from traditional quality control models, we are integrating customer-focused performance monitoring at all levels of the organization. This strategy enables us to: - Identify and eliminate recurring issues, reducing rework and costs. - Foster a culture of #continuous #improvement, thereby enhancing collective productivity. - Strengthen customer #trust and #loyalty - Empower our #talents to become change leaders through our QCS Academy, offering learning modules on both technical and behavioral skills. By embedding these principles at the heart of our operations, we are building a reputation for innovation and reliability while minimizing waste and optimizing resources. In the defense sector, our commitment ensures that our end-users—soldiers, sailors, and aircrews—have everything they need for every mission. Together, we are building a stronger and more effective future. 💪✨ #Thales #Quality #CustomerSatisfaction #Defense #Innovation #WQW

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The European Space Agency - ESA FLPP 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓! 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 initiative is set to drive innovation in 𝐋𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐝 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. Within the framework of this initiative, we have just launched the 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐨 𝐓𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 (ITT) phase on 𝐞𝐬𝐚-𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫. ⁣ ⁣ Everyone within the eligibility criteria is welcome to submit a proposal—𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐎𝐒𝐈𝐏 𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐃𝐚𝐲. Find all details and requirements in the data packages available on esa-star.⁣ ⁣ Participate now for a chance to sign a contract with ESA! Winners will be announced publicly at the FLPP Award Ceremony in Paris on 2 April 2025. 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝟐𝟎 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒, 𝟏𝟑:𝟎𝟎 𝐂𝐄𝐓.⁣ ⁣ Here the links to the ITTs, focusing on four specific technical domains:⁣ ⁣ 1. New Materials and Processes for Launcher and In-Space Liquid Propulsion: https://lnkd.in/dTkQJMg2 2. Launcher and In-Space Liquid Propulsion Engine Components Design and Technologies: https://lnkd.in/ddCpSrvw] 3. Launcher and In-Space Engine Electrification, Sensors, and Intelligence: https://lnkd.in/du2guVCC 4. Hydrogen Peroxide Propulsion and New Liquid Propellants for Launcher and In-Space Transportation: https://lnkd.in/djBJ2TVR #SpaceTransportation #SpaceTechnology #SpaceInnovation

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🌌 We are thrilled to announce that Andrea Vena, the Chief Climate and Sustainability Officer of the European Space Agency - ESA, will be joining us at Innovation Summit. With over 30 years in the space sector, Andrea has a vast background in shaping strategic developments, notably his significant role in aligning ESA's programs with the Paris Agreements on Climate Change and the European Green Deal. 🌍 Join us for his insightful session titled "Sustainability Strategies in High-tech Business: the Space Sector," where he will outline how ESA is leading the shift towards a sustainable future in the space business. 🧐 Are you ready to learn more about sustainability in the business sector? #TechweekRO #BusinessSummits #Bucharest #innovative

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Want to know more about how #HorizonEU is contributing to a competitive and dynamic EU Future Space Ecosystem? Meet Pierre Letier and SCHUMANN - Horizon EU, a HorizonEU-funded project working to boost Europe’s capabilities in In-Space Operations and Services (#ISOS). With over €396 million invested in 88 space research projects so far, #HorizonEU is funding #EUSpaceResearch projects that: 🛰 Prepare future evolutions of the EU Space Programme (incl. #Copernicus) 📈 Foster the EU space sector’s competitiveness 🚀 Reinforce Europe’s independent capacity to access space ⚙ Secure EU’s autonomy of supply for critical technologies 🔗 Find out more about Horizon Europe Cluster 4 – Space: https://lnkd.in/ddREtMdp #EU40YearsRI #ResearchImpactEU

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So we are going to geostationary orbit AGAIN and TWICE !! Great excitement and challenges ahead for ourselves, our customers, suppliers and technology partners Centre National d'Études Spatiales Direction Générale des Entreprises Secretary general for investment Bpifrance Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche #InfiniteOrbits #Inorbitservices #Satcom #France2030 #Newspace

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On the sidelines of the 38th 𝐂𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐬-𝐒𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭 𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐞, CLS Group (Collecte Localisation Satellites), Thales Alenia Space and Capgemini co-organized an event dedicated to several high-ranking international delegations in charge of distress and rescue operations for their respective countries.   🎯 The aim was to showcase their end-to-end Search & Rescue offering designed to facilitate time-critical decisions and save lives. The session was held in Montreal, Canada.   💡 During the presentation, the three companies unveiled their complete Search & Rescue (SAR) system that empowers authorities in the detection, planning, and coordination of Search & Rescue operations, enabling crucial and time-sensitive decisions with a unique goal of saving lives.   ✅ Their wide range of solutions includes the MEOLUT Next, the Mission Control Center (MCC) Next, and the Rescue Coordination Center (RCC) Next. The MCC Next, developed by #Capgemini, is based on the French MCC and is able to receive, process and distribute alert data information to the relevant Search and Rescue Authority.   🤝 The collaboration between Capgemini, CLS, and Thales Alenia Space represents a significant advancement in Search & Rescue #technology. By combining our expertise, we are providing authorities with innovative tools to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of SAR operations.   🗣 The recent discussions in Montreal underscore the critical importance of such collaborations in making timely decisions that can save lives, and they pave the way for future advancements and implementations in global Search & Rescue efforts. https://lnkd.in/d-NPHAti    #Space #intelligentIndustry

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