Fion of the French aerospace industry, the wind tunnels of the National Office for Aerospace Studies and Research (Onera) are a world treasure of research: facilities capable of simulating the speed of sound on a 3.5 m model scale or to carry out tests at 15,000 kilometers per hour can be counted on the fingers of your hands. Such an installation as that of Onera is unique in Europe.
French aviation players seem to be aware of this. The Delegate General for Armaments (DGA) Emmanuel Chiva and the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGAC) Damien Cazé met on March 17 at the Modane site (Savoie), around the Director General of Onera Bruno Sainjon. All recalled the importance of this establishment, which since 1952 has been continuously testing wing profiles, jet engines, planes, rockets and missiles with the aim of improving their aerodynamic performance.
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For Damien Cazé, the “French NASA” that is ONERA allows manufacturers to have a scientific basis for developing the aviation of the future, more sustainable. Wind tunnels make it possible, for example, to reduce the fuel consumption of aircraft or to develop new aircraft designs more suited to hydrogen, which some aircraft manufacturers want to generalize by 2050. Damien Cazé also underlined the importance of the work of reduction of noise pollution […] Read more
