France proves midair refueling capability with Rafale and A400M

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  12 septembre 2019 | International, Aérospatial

  Airbus : une étude pour les satellites de défense britannique

  Airbus va développer une technologie ultra haute résolution pour les satellites du ministère de la Défense britannique. Airbus va réaliser une étude portant sur la conception de technologies destinées à un essaim de satellites radar à synthèse d'ouverture (SAR) ultra haute résolution. Les satellites seront également capables de recueillir des signaux radiofréquence (RF). ' Les innovations techniques et technologies ainsi obtenues permettront de voir le sol avec une précision exceptionnelle, y compris dans l'obscurité ou sous une couverture nuageuse ' indique le groupe. Colin Paynter, Managing Director d'Airbus Defence and Space UK, a déclaré : ' Le projet Oberon bénéficie de l'expérience en technologie des radars spatiaux acquise par Airbus depuis plus de 40 ans. J'ai h'te de voir cette étude mener à la création, pour le ministère de la Défense britannique, d'une nouvelle capacité de surveillance de premier ordre qui aidera à protéger nos forces armées à travers le monde. ' https://www.zonebourse.com/AIRBUS-SE-4637/actualite/Airbus-une-etude-pour-les-satellites-de-defense-britannique-29191225/

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  3 janvier 2019 | International, Aérospatial

  China’s Moon Landing: ‘New Chapter in Humanity’s Exploration of the Moon’

  By Steven Lee Myers and Zoe Mou BEIJING — China reached a milestone in space exploration on Thursday, landing a vehicle on the far side of the moon for the first time in history, the country's space agency announced. The landing of the probe, called Chang'e-4 after the moon goddess in Chinese mythology, is one in a coming series of missions that underscore the country's ambitions to join — and even lead — the space race. China landed another rover on the moon in 2013, joining the United States and the Soviet Union as the only nations to have carried out a “soft landing” there, but the Chang'e-4 is the first to touch down on the side of the moon that perpetually faces away from the Earth. The mission “has opened a new chapter in humanity's exploration of the moon,” the China National Space Administration said in an announcement on its website. The agency said the spacecraft landed at 10:26 a.m. Beijing time at its target on the far side of the moon. The probe sent back to the earth the first close-up image of the moon's far side using a relay satellite China calls “Queqiao,” or “Magpie Bridge,” the space agency said in a notice that included images it said were taken by the probe. Although a latecomer by decades to space exploration, China is quickly catching up, experts say, and could challenge the United States for supremacy in artificial intelligence, quantum computing and other fields. “This space mission shows that China has reached the advanced world-class level in deep space exploration,” said Zhu Menghua, a professor at the Macau University of Science and Technology who has worked closely with the Chinese space agency. “We Chinese people have done something that the Americans have not dared try.” China now plans to begin fully operating its third space station by 2022, to put astronauts in a lunar base by later in that decade, and to send probes to Mars, including ones that could return samples of the Martian surface back to Earth. Though the moon is hardly untrodden ground after decades of exploration, a new landing is far more than just a propaganda coup, experts say. Full article: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/02/world/asia/china-change-4-moon.html

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  9 juillet 2022 | International, Aérospatial

  L'Eurofighter réussi le premier tir en conditions réelles du missile Brimstone

  BAE Sytems a réussi le premier tir en conditions réelles du missile Brimstone depuis un Eurofighter Typhoon, a annoncé BAE Systems le 14 juillet. Il représente une étape supplémentaire vers l'amélioration des capacités de l'appareil.