ONERA

The Office national d'études et de recherches aérospatiales (ONERA) is the leading French research center in the aeronautics, space and defense sectors.

Research

All disciplines and technologies in the field are involved. Many aerospace programs have gone through ONERA: Ariane, Falcon, Rafale, Airbus, missiles, helicopters, engines, radars, etc.^[1]

Under the supervision of the Ministry of Defence, this center has a budget of about 230 million euros, half of it in state subsidies. ONERA has great testing and calculation resources. They also have the largest fleet of wind tunnels in Europe.

People

They employ about 2,000 people. Most of them are researchers, engineers and technicians.^[2]

The President of ONERA is appointed by the Council of Ministers on the proposal of the Minister of Defense.^[3]

References

Other websites

onera.fr - official website

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[1] La recherche aérospatiale : l’ ONERA

[2] L'Onera présente ses résultats financiers

[3] ONERA : être à la hauteur des défis aérospatiaux des 30 prochaines années ou pas.

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