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Exceptional Assets ͸͸A very diversified ASD sector, Everything that flies bears consolidated with the Nouvelle-Aquitaine administrative grouping, actively involved the mark of Nouvelle-Aquitaine! in all major aeronautics and space programs NOUVELLE-AQUITAINE ͸͸A dual aeronautics sector, where © DASSAULT AVIATION - K. TOKUNAGA K. - AVIATION DASSAULT © numerous military technical solutions Smart Aerospace One of the Main enrich the civil domain european aeronautical ͸͸Nouvelle-Aquitaine and Occitanie, the Region decision centers two regions of the Aerospace Valley World Competitiveness Cluster in aeronautics, space & embedded systems ͸͸A proactive partnership policy of public 700 industrial 60,000 employees, authorities promote the sector establishments including 20,000 from the World Leader (employment and training support, Ministry of Defense ͸͸Helicopter engines competitiveness and innovation strategy, ͸͸Top of the range corporate jets specific financing) Over €4 billion ͸͸Landing and braking systems in revenues for €2 billion ͸͸Launch vehicles and propulsion ͸͸The region’s economic vitality with direct aeronautics and space turnover for export ͸͸Deterrent weapons systems links to the major highway networks and ͸͸Atmospheric re-entry technologies TGV high-speed train infrastructure ͸͸High-technology batteries Bristol ͸͸Carbon fiber and high-performance ͸Territorial proximity of prime contractors and Aquitaine, Venue of Bruxelles ͸ composite materials for greater synergy and control of international business events ͸͸Electrical power management technologies Manching ͸͸The presence of the vast majority of Leader in NOUVELLE-AQUITAINE REGION ADS SHOW UGS Bordeaux land-sea-air joint armed forces training EUROPE Unmanned Global Systems ͸͸Military aircraft centers World military International trade show for unmanned ͸͸Tactical propulsion systems MRO congress air, land and sea systems ͸͸High technology composite materials

͸AEROCAMPUS Aquitaine, an © TURBOMECA / STUDIO PONS ͸ ͸͸Radar and embedded systems international-class campus for aerospace ͸͸Radar and monitoring systems training ͸͸Ground and airborne testing and SOFINS (Private meeting) measurements ͸ISAE-ENSMA, the aeronautics and Special Operations Forces Innovation Network Seminar ͸ ͸͸Maintenance and repair (MOC / MRO) Figures from the March 2017 edition: 236 exhibitors, mechanical engineering school in ͸͸Aircraft cabin interiors 4,000 visitors, 46 delegations from 43 countries ͸͸ASD training labs ͸͸Aircraft painting Châtellerault

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TRAINING CENTERS Rochefort Guéret EFSOAA DEFENSE TRAINING CENTER TEST CENTERS (NCO’S TECHNICIANS) STELIA AEROSPACE STTS Angoulème SAFRAN FILTRATION SYSTEMS Main roads and highways Saintes Cognac DEFENSE TRAINING CENTER 0 km 50 100 ZODIAC AEROSAFETY SYSTEMS (TECHNICIANS PUPILS) SERVICES EPAA DEFENSE TRAINING CENTER (PILOTS) BABCOCK MCS (FIGHTER PILOTS TRAINING)

Périgueux Brive-La-Gaillarde THALES COMMUNICATIONS & SECURITY ARIANEGROUP / DAHER / DASSAULT AVIATION / DASSAULT FALCON SERVICE / ROXEL / DGA © DASSAULT AVIATION STROPPA - P. SABENA TECHNICS / STELIA AEROSPACE / THALES MISSILES TESTING BORDEAUX Bergerac IMA (MAINTENANCE MASTER) SAFT CESA UAV TESTING SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES AIA (MAINTENANCE / ENGINES) Nouvelle-Aquitaine, at the forefront ATLANTIC OCEAN AEROCAMPUS AQUITAINE (TECHNICIANS) DGA FLIGHT TESTING ZODIAC DATA SYSTEMS of Aerospace and Defense ETO DEFENSE TRAINING CENTER CEA (AERIAL SHOOTING) CESTA DGA MISSILES TESTING

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Mont-de- HELIDAX (HELICOPTER PILOTS) AIR WAREFARE CENTER EALAT DEFENSE TRAINING CENTER (MILITARY AIR EXPERIMENTS CENTER) A network of innovative SMEs / MID CAPS (LIGHT AVIATION) 2MoRO, ACH, AD Industrie, Aeroprotec, A&T Aerospace, Aero Composites Dax , AGB, AK Group, Alcen, Algo’Tech, Aquitaine Electronique, SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES Toulouse Ateliers Bigata, Aunis Production Industrie, Brown Europe, C3 Technologies, Catherineau, Clip Industrie, Coeurjoly, Chrome Dur Industriel, Cofidur, TORAY DASSAULT AVIATION CSA, Debitex, Diota, Echeverria, Elixir Aircraft, Epsilon Composite, Erma Bayonne CARBON FIBERS EUROPE Major Corporate Groups Electronique, FEDD, Aero, Flyops, Fonderies et Ateliers du Bélier, Pau SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES ArianeGroup, Daher, Dassault Aviation, Dassault Falcon Fluorotechnique, Gora, ICM Industrie, IFTS, Immersion, Ingeliance, JV Service, ESI, Hutchinson, Lisi Aerospace, Roxel, Sabena Group, Kuka, L’Electrolyse, Lauak, LMB, Lutec, Malichaud Atlantique, MAP, Bilbao San Sebastian SAFRAN LANDING SYSTEMS Technics / TAT Group, Safran Aircraft Engines, Safran Meggitt, Metal-Chrome, Nexteam Group, Olikrom, PCC France, Potez Electronics & Defense, Safran Helicopter Engines, Aéronautique, Prodec Metal, Rescoll, Schleipfer, Serma Group, Serta ASD, Safran Landing Systems, SAFT, Stelia Aerospace, Stelia Simaco, Simair, Skeyetech, Somocap, SPI Aéro, Starplast, STI France, Pamplona Composites, STTS Group, Thales, Toray CFE, Zodiac Stivent Industrie, TDCI, TDM, Techman Head, Tekniaero, Telerad, Tensyl, Aerospace, etc. Ventana, etc. Madrid 6 You See in the Sky! STELIA AEROSPACE COMPOSITES grew in 2016, along with its excellent Salaunes aerospace cluster, which currently employs 35,000 people, with a potential for growth of over 10,000 more jobs by 2030. An Overall coherence ambitious development project, the Bordeaux Airport Operation of Metropolitan Interest, is underway in line with the centered on Bordeaux- regional economic development policy for Saint-Médard-en-Jalles the sector. This plan concerns an area of PARIS 2,500 hectares, bridging the municipalities of Mérignac, Le Haillan and Saint-Médard- ARIANEGROUP Merignac airport (Issac) Le Haillan en-Jalles, and provides for comprehensive ARIANEGROUP ROXEL development of the area with: (Candale) ARIANEGROUP SAFT ͸͸Airport to Bordeaux city center transit in (St-Médard) DASSAULT AVIATION ARIANEGROUP 35 min thanks to the extension of tram line (Martignas) (Le Haillan) A (2020) THALES DASSAULT FALCON SERVICE DAHER Mérignac SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES ͸͸Airport to Saint-Jean station transit by bus STELIA AEROSPACE DASSAULT AVIATION (Mérignac) with a high frequency of service and TRE Martignas-sur-JalleSABENA TECHNICS IMA BORDEAUX Floirac regional rail express (2019) Bordeaux-Saint-Jean ͸͸Requalification of urban spaces (cycling Bordeaux-Mérignac Railway station Airport AIA routes, park and ride) and creation of an SIMMAD BORDEAUX Aeronautics Boulevard CFA EURATLANTIQUE ͸͸International business park of the 45th Pessac Parallel (28,000 m2 of offices, a 1,400- seat convention center, hotel, restaurants

Garonne Latresne and parking) ͸͸“Aerocity” (see below) BAYONNE AEROCAMPUS AQUITAINE A gateway to aeronautics in BORDEAUX TOULOUSE AEROPARC Nouvelle-Aquitaine for greater BORDEAUX AIRPORT ARIANEGROUP (Le Haillan)

visibility OPERATION OF DAHER METROPOLITAN © THALES © Just as Bordeaux has its Cité du Vin, INTEREST THALES DASSAULT aerospace will have its own dedicated FALCON SERVICE 0 1 2 km 2016 was another remarkable year for complex, bordering the airport, to high- SABENA TECHNICS DASSAULT AVIATION A wave of success for the (Mérignac) the Bordeaux-Mérignac airport - 8.9% light the vibrant industrial and economic STELIA AEROSPACE Bordeaux Airport and the entire traffic growth (up 70% in 7 years), one sector. IMA region of France’s fastest growing airports. The The Nouvelle-Aquitaine Region, Bordeaux BORDEAUX TECHNOWEST To counter the effect of the new high-speed trade journal Air Transport News acclaimed Métropole and the city of Mérignac have rail line between Paris and Bordeaux (2-hr it as the “Best Airport in the World for 2016” launched a study with AEROCAMPUS BORDEAUX-MÉRIGNAC trip as of July 2017), airport management in the category of under 10 million passen- Aquitaine, to define the contours of a AIRPORT has anticipated the disruption through per year. complex resolutely turned towards the a two-pronged approach: develop a future. In addition, a museum space will strategy focused on low cost flights and shelter valuable documents on the history The growing strength of the make the airport an international hub for of aviation along with 50 aircraft from the AIR BASE 106 airport zone European capitals and North Africa. The former Air and Space Museum, France’s city of Bordeaux was acclaimed by inter- As the leading industrial complex in second largest historic aircraft collection, C national media numerous times in 2016. Nouvelle-Aquitaine, the airport’s appeal after Le Bourget Air and Space Museum. 8 You See in the Sky! 9 Nouvelle-Aquitaine - ASD Nouvelle-Aquitaine - ASD

SIMMAD, centralized purchasing center for defense World-renowned SIMMAD, the Defense Ministry’s integrated organization for the maintenance of aircraft in operational condition, is a joint armed forces resource, responsible for ensuring optimal availability of Ministry of Defense aircraft, cost control and coher- engineering resources and specialists from aerospace complex ence of actions for maintenance in operational condition. The transfer of SIMMAD the nearby Dassault Aviation assembly plant to Airbase 106 has made the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region one of Europe’s three and other companies in the surrounding largest decision-making centers with Manching in Germany and Bristol in the United area. The new facility is also expected to Kingdom, and has confirmed the region’s appeal for MOC. Thales Communications & boost employment in the region. Coherent development: construction, overhaul, Security has just signed a contract of nearly 1 billion euros for the implementation of logistics optimized for replenishment of aeronautical consumables (LORCA contract). training, logistics Thales Campus, avionics factory of the future Major aerospace manufacturers invest in the As an aircraft manufacturer, Dassault airport zone and attract support partners continues to invest in Nouvelle-Aquitaine At its industrial campus in Mérignac, Thales who ensure the maintenance cycle of the and reinforces its links to the region through has grouped Thales Airborne Systems in aircraft they produce. Likewise, sales of the its three Aquitaine sites in Biarritz (structural Pessac, at the cutting edge of embedded Rafale for export to many countries promote elements in composite materials), Mérignac radar, and Thales Avionics in Le Haillan, © STELIA AEROSPACE SOCHA - F. the installation of interfaces at Mérignac, and Martignas-sur-Jalle. specializing in cockpits. With more than which has also developed the key MRO 60,000 m2 of surface area on 16 hectares,

© THALES - QUENTIN REYTINAS QUENTIN - THALES © World-class expertise cluster for Falcon type business aircraft. In November 2016, Dassault Falcon 2,600 employees and €200 M invested, Service inaugurated the Bordeaux- Thales Campus Bordeaux is the company’s in aircraft finishing and Mérignac Maintenance, Repair and reference in terms of support and services Dassault Aviation, dual skills to interior fittings Overhaul Facility, to meet the increase and one of the most modern industrial com- design, produce and maintain in repair and overhaul services for the plexes, thanks to its technologies and col- exceptional aircraft Falcon 7X, 8X and 5X. laborative working methods. Thales Avionics The aircraft interiors sector includes corporate While Dassault’s activities concerning The new complex at Bordeaux-Mérignac SAS has its headquarters in Mérignac. groups such as Sabena Technics, which focuses Falcon business aircraft are slightly down Airport, adjacent to the Dassault Aviation From there Thales runs the business of the mainly on large aircraft ( Corporate in terms of order intake, servicing duality assembly plant, is adding 49,000 m2 of European leader in flight electronics. Jet - ACT, Boeing Business Jet - BBJ), Stelia (civilian-military) helps balance out additional MRO space, including a The Thales campus is an ultramodern and Aerospace Composites (VIP aircraft linings, the situation, with the signing of numerous 7, 20 0 m 2 hangar, and will accommodate up high environmental quality complex, where first class seat shells), Zodiac Aerospace (world export contracts for the Rafale (84) in to six Falcon aircraft at a time. workplaces are designed for users’ comfort: leader in safety and aeronautics systems, Egypt, Qatar, India and elsewhere. Dassault Falcon Service Mérignac draws on patios, natural lighting, and shared spaces aviation seats and cabins), as well as SMEs such with expansive windows. as Catherineau, a French leader in VIP aircraft It is also a technology platform, with interiors, upholstery-decor-developments, 28,000 m2 of test bench facilities, featuring specializing in high-end linings, Prodec Metal, highly advanced technical systems. which participated in development of the Bordeaux Aeroparc Technowest, the sector’s industrial, Constructing it in only 18 months was a Falcon, SimAir with Be ModulAir, comprehensive scientific and technological complex major feat. The work process used the BIM offer for cabin furnishings, ACH, specialized in method (Building Information Modeling), With direct access to the airport runways, Bordeaux Aeroparc Technowest groups upholstery of aircraft cabin equipment. which brings together all the trades SMEs, a fledgling business center and an incubator around the big names in aer- A coherent set of suppliers of luxury furnishings involved in a project around a digital model. onautics and space, including Thales, Dassault Aviation, ArianeGroup, Sabena have extensive experience in complying with © DASSAULT AVIATION STROPPA - P. Consequently Tekla Global BIM Awards Technics, Stelia Aerospace, etc. It identifies and supports R&D projects that lead aeronautical requirements and strict certification acclaimed the undertaking as the to the creation of new businesses, particularly in embedded systems, composite standards (European Aviation Safety world’s best BIM project of 2016 in all materials and drones. A project to build a new complex is being studied within the Agency - EASA). categories. future “Aerocity”. 10 You See in the Sky! 11 Nouvelle-Aquitaine - ASD Nouvelle-Aquitaine - ASD

Structuring a pool of Structuring of a center of exceptional capabilities excellence for MOC around around ArianeGroup Bordeaux Euratlantique Design and final integration of civil and Bordeaux Métropole, Economic military launchers, solid fuel systems, Renewal energy raw materials, structures and space equipment. Large-scale urban and economic The Nouvelle-Aquitaine region aims to By bringing together their expertise, development is currently underway on ArianeGroup and Safran seek to maintain the banks of the . create a Drone Valley by 2020! Ariane 5’s outstanding level of quality and The Bordeaux-Euratlantique Opération reliability, while developing a family of d’Intérêt National, one of the most impor- In 2010, the Regional Council inaugu- orations on operational programs in its new-generation, competitive, reliable and tant urban projects* in France, along with rated the AETOS cluster around a key mission to unify the “drone community” versatile launchers (Vega, Ariane 6 – first the completion of the LGV high-speed train company, Thales, to develop the use of and to join forces in national and inter- launch 2020), and consequently remain the line in July 2017 (Bordeaux-Paris will take UAV systems in civilian markets. national markets to increase cooperation global leader in communications satellite 2 hours) contribute to accelerating this Seven years later, AETOS’s scope has among its members. This is the case launching. ArianeGroup is inspired by space development. expanded with the enlarged Nouvelle- of Drone City, a program focusing on technology to offer manufacturers a set of As an illustration of this project’s appeal, Aquitaine region, and has a hundred the use of drones in the city, which will products, equipment and services in civil major international brands have already members (drone designers, suppliers of make Nouvelle-Aquitaine a pilot region and military areas. This duality is primordial announced their commitments for 2020. payloads, technology building blocks, in urban drone use. to maintaining skills. Solid fuel propulsion *738 hectares, with new quarters (total telepilote trainers, operators, experts, in Nouvelle-Aquitaine offers an example: constructability of 2,400,000 m2), a European software providers, laboratories, and 53% defense (after-body and hot flaps for business Center (450,000 m2), creation of universities, maintenance and testing M88 Rafale engines) / 7% civil (automotive a multi-modal transport hub and railway centers). The cluster encourages collab- airbags, composites for wind generators and station/airport/rapid transit line, which will rail). make Bordeaux the junction of south-western Europe. © AIRBUS DEFENSE AND SPACE / INGO WAGNER Safran Military Engines Division Drone Campus, for the facilities in Bordeaux development of new skills and training These facilities are intended to unify LICORNE™, a unique LICORNE™ employs a process that Safran’s teams within the military engines With the creation of the Drone Campus european biological exploits bacteria which transforms division (Rafale, Mirage 2000, Alphajet, this year (2017), AEROCAMPUS treatment unit perchlorate and ammonium into NH90) with government stakeholders Aquitaine intends to make available its © DPD GROUP Since 2014, LICORNE™ (recuperating nitrogen, and chloride. This unit, in grouped in the Bordeaux region since 2012 influence, its image and its network to pyrotechnic objects and natural Saint-Médard-en-Jalles, can process (CFA, SIMMAD, AIA), and to optimize serve the industry, boost it and continue

© ESA - D. DUCROS reduction of industrial effluents), a 300 tons of ammonium perchlorate per the effectiveness of the support services the progress of drones in Nouvelle- payload transport, as well as associated pioneer installation in environmental year, sufficient for all current needs. for military engines used by the French Aquitaine. Drone Campus will be a real training. Three broad industrial projects terms, offers solutions for treatment This provides a truly eco-responsible Armed Forces. This establishment near platform, bringing together several com- led by major prime contractors have of ammonium perchlorate, a major approach for current and future AIA, in charge of military aircraft engine plementary infrastructures, and offering already been identified for the industry ingredient of rocket fuels, particularly generations, enabling ArianeGroup to maintenance – A400M, M2000 and players in the drone industry ways to in the region, and the project teams, to propel launchers and missiles. control the full lifecycle of its fuels. Rafale – reinforces the Bordeaux center of find new applications in geophysics, in connection with companies of the excellence for maintenance in operational topography, precision agriculture, indus- AETOS cluster, that are currently being condition (MOC). trial inspection, non-destructive testing, constituted.

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More competitive, more economical, more reliable and less polluting

Safran Landing Systems, ATLANTIC OCEAN 40,000 landings per day! PULSEO Safran Landing Systems, world leader in Mont-de-Marsan the design, development, manufacture and support of landing gear systems for all types © SAFRAN / CYRIL ABAD / CAPA PICTURES TECHNOCITÉ Dax AEROSITE of aircraft, in Bidos, Pyrénées-Atlantiques Department, pioneered carbon brakes on SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES Toulouse aircraft, introducing a revolutionary tech- DASSAULT AVIATION Bayonne Pau-Pyrénées Airport Bayonne-Anglet- nology that cuts weight in half compared Safran Helicopter Engines, and the factory of the future Biarritz Airport TORAY to conventional steel brakes. The company Carbon Fibers Europe Pau With a shrinking global market for heli- to halve the production cycles, including SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES invests substantially in research and devel- copters, Safran Helicopter Engines has through the contribution of new 3D Bilbao SAFRAN LANDING SYSTEMS opment of new products to ensure that the led an ambitious drive towards the fac- technologies, and especially to reduce next generation of equipment is even more tory of the future in Nouvelle-Aquitaine maintenance time for the company’s AEROPOLIS economical, lighter, more robust and quieter SPAIN at two sites, Bordes in the and 2,500 customers in 150 countries. (new materials, electrical technologies, Tarnos in the Department. This plant will thus become the global monitoring service, eco-innovation) EGTS™, the future of In concrete terms, an initial automated reference center for Safran Helicopter manufacturing line for helicopter turbine Engines support functions. The More Electric Aircraft: aircraft taxiing blades (capacity of 100,000 per year) In addition, Safran Helicopter Engines storage and management of technologies was implemented in Bordes; several invests a significant share of its revenues onboard electrical energy robots and automated manufacturing – around fifteen per cent – to prepare batteries; Thales for expertise in tech- Safran is currently working with Honeywell units can perform all of the processing for the future. The company is devel- To address increasing electricity demands nologies used in embedded software on an electric power system for taxiing operations, thus cutting the manufac- oping increasingly efficient engines – in on board and the need to build cleaner, and systems; and Safran, a global leader (EGTS) enabling an aircraft to move on turing time of a blade in half. terms of delivered power, reduced fuel

more fuel-efficient airplanes, players in in aircraft electrical wiring interconnec- © SAFRAN STOPPA - P. taxiways without using its jet engines. This This new automated line is just one part consumption and lower emissions – as the aeronautics sector are upgrading their tion systems. innovation offers many benefits: less noise, of a larger system, with the Cap 2020 well as value-added services such as skills in associated technologies, including less fuel consumption and reduced CO program to modernize the Tarnos site (22 BOOST, the new range of integrated storage and management of electrical power The more electric aircraft, aims at gradually 2 emissions during the taxiing phase (certifi- hectares, €60 M invested). The goal is on-line services. on board. Nouvelle-AquitaineZaragoza holds a replacing on-board hydraulic and pneumatic cation in 2018 and entry into service shortly dominant position in this sector, notably circuits with electrical systems to operate thereafter). with the presence of SAFT, supplier of piloting, flight controls, thrust reversers, Barcelona special high value-added, lithium-ion cabin pressurization and engine starting. 14 You See in the Sky! 15 Nouvelle-Aquitaine - ASD Safran Aircraft Engines, for civil/ Nouvelle-Aquitaine - ASD military airplanes and satellites Safran Aircraft Engines – a world leader in aircraft engines – designs, develops, produces and supports engines for com- mercial and military aircraft and satellites. The company also offers a complete range NORTHERN NOUVELLE-AQUITAINE of engine MRO services to airlines, armed forces and other operators, as well as fleet rd management and operational enhancement The 3 element of the region’s services. aviation hub © SAFRAN - E. DROUIN

LEAP (Leading Edge Aviation Propulsion), a new

© DASSAULT AVIATION - S. RANDÉ generation engine with exceptional performance, SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES Châtellerault THALES AVIONICS developed by Safran ZODIAC ACTUATION SYSTEMS Aircraft Engines and GE FUTUROSCOPE TECHNOPOLE (50/50) DASSAULT AVIATION Poitiers Poitiers-Biard avionics and navigation systems, and SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE Safran is exploring several technological Airport SAFT ISAE-ENSMA the French Grande Ecole Niort approaches to develop tomorrow’s aircraft engineering school devoted to aerospace ZODIAC AERO ELECTRIC engines, which will be quieter, cleaner, more La Rochelle - Île de Ré ͸͸Niort, with the world leader in aircraft

© ZODIAC AEROSPACE ZODIAC © fuel efficient, and cheaper to operate. For 2050 Airport onboard electrical power management La Rochelle the reduction targets set by ACARE (Conseil Consultatif pour la Recherche Aéronautique et Rochefort Guéret Safran’s maintenance and repair unit in l’Innovation en Europe) are as follows: The aerospace industry in northern Châtellerault works closely with AIA in Rochefort - -Maritime STELIA AEROSPACE ͸͸75% cut in carbon dioxide emissions (CO ) Nouvelle-Aquitaine focuses primarily Bordeaux, for the maintenance of military 2 Airport STTS ͸͸90% cut in nitrous oxides (NOx) Limoges on maintenance of turboprop engines, engines (Rafale, Mirage 2000) and civil ͸͸65% cut in perceived noise mechanical engineering, electronics and aircraft engines (CFM 56). In total, nearly Saintes Angoulême LEAP already has outstanding environmental Cognac interiors, with a large number of providers 45 engines and more than 300 modules are performance. In 2016, orders and purchase of studies, engineering and inspection overhauled yearly, and more than 130,000 ZODIAC AEROSAFETY SYSTEMS options amounted to 1,800 engines, bringing ZODIAC AEROSPACE SERVICES services in three areas: parts are repaired annually. the total order book to 12,000 engines on ͸͸Rochefort, focused on airframes and cabin The Thales CSC center in Châtellerault spe- December 31, 2016. fittings cializes in the sale and repair of electronic ͸͸Poitiers Châtellerault, presence of large and electromechanical spares for civil and Périgueux engine manufacturers, machine shops, military aerospace. Brive-La-Gaillarde

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Specialty Clusters Regional federations of Technological aerospace actors innovation platforms © CANOÉ ©

Nouvelle-Aquitaine & COMPOSITADOUR © Occitanie world competi- tiveness cluster in CITRA ‑ Centre d’In- aeronautics, space, Aeroteam brings génierie en Traitements et embedded systems. In figures mid 2016: together players Optics & Lasers Technology Center Revêtements de surface 859 members, including 505 SMEs, in the aeronautics, space and defense Laser solutions for the aeronautics industry: Avancés ‑ has developed expertise in the 9 Strategic Activity Domains, 921 R&D sector in -. Laser micromachining in composite mate- surface treatment chain using wet vectors, projects, 474 financed (€1.2 bn / €485 M ENSMA - Futuroscope Poitiers, Vienne. rials, Surface texturation, Marking for trace- robotic mechanisms for thermal projection public funding) ability, Laser module and optical system for (flame, plasma, electric arc, HVOF), steam opto-pyro applications, Laser solutions for BAAS ‑ Bordeaux phase physical deposit reactor. Limoges, embedded systems. Talence, Gironde. RPAS Cluster in Nouvelle- Aquitaine Haute-Vienne. Aquitaine: security, inspec- Aéronautique & Spatial, created in 1983, tion, agriculture, cinema, unites 33 large companies in the defense, The historical installation of aeronautics Technical platform training & tests. aeronautics and space sector, in and space construction in Nouvelle- managed by ESTIA Nouvelle-Aquitaine. BAAS, an off-shoot Aquitaine has strongly contributed to Composites / Organic Nanostructures R&D center specialized in Institute of of GIFAS, focuses on training students the emergence of an internationally Photonics and formulation and production methods for technology, specializing in robotic proce- for careers in aeronautics, coordinating recognized network of skills and public / microwaves competi- semi-finished and finished product dures for implementation of composite stakeholders in the ASD sector around the private research capabilities. tiveness cluster in development in the field of composites and materials (training, applied research, Aerospace Valley Competitiveness Cluster Numerous laboratories have taken into Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Alpha Route des Lasers advanced materials – Formulation of technological development). and governance for the Nouvelle-Aquitaine account the industrial requirements and et des Hyperfréquences co-animates with thermoplastics and elastomers, fibers and Within Compositadour, ADDIMADOUR is a region, while reinforcing the partnerships deployed a research strategy based on key Aerospace Valley the strategic domain of composites and pre-impregnated carbon brand new platform for innovation and of major groups with SMEs in a process of technologies that are the excellence activity "Pharos": photonics in aeronautics thermoplastics, additive manufacturing, technology transfer in metal additive taking down barriers. of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, in response to and space. printing surface treatment, characterization manufacturing. Parc Technocité Bayonne, market demand. and nondestructive testing. Pau, Pyrénées- Pyrénées-Atlantiques. Technological R&D activities are also AQUITAINE Atlantiques; Pessac, Gironde. ALPHANOV © deployed by a network organization of skills UIMM Nouvelle- ROBOTICS Cluster in manufacturing through clusters and by implementing pivotal Aquitaine represents and logistics robotics, robotics in open R&D projects (technological innovation 4,300 industrial establishments in techno- Centre Aquitain environment and personal robotics. platforms), thus sustaining collaborations logical industries, including aeronautics des Technologies Center of expertise and technology transfer among industries / researchers, engineers (Mechanics, Equipment manufacturing, de l’Information et Electroniques. Five in machining of metals, robotization of GNSS (Global Navigation and technicians. Navigation, Maintenance, Metallurgy & Metalworking, technological units: human-machine operations, friction stir welding and other Satellite System) Technological Like research, the training provided in positioning satellite Electronics / Optics…). It pilots a training interactions, digital solutions, big data metal assembly techniques, with a shared innovation based on geoloca- Nouvelle-Aquitaine is a major asset and intelligent and industrial skills management infrastruc- and high performance calculation, analog platform of 1,100 m2 for SMEs and ETIs tion technology and satellite for the excellence of the aeronautics and transport systems cluster, within ture through its training centers and electronics, manufacturing engineering. in Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Aeropolis Assat- applications center. space sector. Digital Aquitaine. technology platforms. Talence, Gironde. Bordes, Pyrénées-Atlantiques. Dax, Landes. 18 You See in the Sky! 19 Nouvelle-Aquitaine - ASD Nouvelle-Aquitaine - ASD

Establishment Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’ingénieurs de of higher education of general interest, Limoges engineer degree programs and member of the Conference of Grandes Ecoles, ESTIA General, multidisciplinary engineering trains trilingual engineers, responsible for school, with a range of specialties, including engineering studies and methods, produc- Engineering Schools materials science, process engineering, tion and large projects. At ESTIA students mechatronics and electronics. Université de can earn a Master’s in IT, mechanical engi- Limoges, Haute-Vienne. neering, energy and electronics. Technopole Izarbel Bidart, Pyrénées-Atlantiques.

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École Nationale Supérieure d’Électron- Photonics and digital, virtual ique, Informatique, Télécommunications, Graduate engineering school, Arts et and augmented reality, Mathématiques et Mécanique de Bordeaux Metiers Paristech Bordeaux-Talence, physics and modeling,

specializing in aeronautics, space, materials nano- and bio-imaging. Undergraduate programs in electronics, for sustainable development, as well as Talence, Gironde. computer science, telecommunications, mechanical and general engineering (Institut mathematics and mechanical engineering, I2M). The school invests massively in networks and information systems, on-board machining processes and additive manufac- electronics. Master’s program in aeronautics turing. and space engineering, in collaboration with A cooperation agreement between the Arts et Métiers ParisTech. Talence, Gironde. National School of Civil Aviation (ENAC) Ecole Nationale Supérieure de © EIGSI © and Arts et Métiers Paristech helps students Mécanique et d’Aérotechnique selected by the two schools to get a Top-level engineering school and R&D double-degree in aircraft production. center of international renown, estab- Talence, Gironde. lished through multiple partnerships with large companies. ENSMA programs School of general engineering (5-year enable graduates to develop careers in Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Cognitique degree programs) in design and industri- design offices and R&D, primarily in the alization of mechanical systems, energy & aeronautics and space industries, and ENSC trains engineers in the dual disci- environment for transport, integration of more generally in transport, mechanical plines of Information & Communication networks and Information systems, manage- engineering and energy. The curricula Technologies and Humanities and Social ment and engineering of industrial systems, cover extensive areas including fluid and Group of seven engineering schools in Sciences in cognitics. Focus areas: analysis mechatronics, logistics & organization of structural mechanics, aerodynamics, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, among the top 15 and design of Human-Machine Interfaces transport, management of supply chain energy, thermal engineering and propul- schools designated by the magazine l’Usine [HMI], Human-System integration and uses and information systems. In 2012, EIGSI sion, materials and industrial computing. Nouvelle - 14th out of 118 (March 2016) and of digital technology, augmented cognition, opened a 3-year program of engineering Futuroscope Poitiers, Vienne. Industrie & Technologie - 10th out of 100 artificial cognition with robotics and artificial through apprenticeship. La Rochelle, (February 2016). intelligence. Talence, Gironde. Charente-Maritime. © ISAE-ENSMA - N. MAHU 20 You See in the Sky! 21 Nouvelle-Aquitaine - ASD Training Centers Nouvelle-Aquitaine - ASD

The Center of Training center of Excellence label the University of © INRIA / PHOTO H. RAGUET attributed to CFAI Bordeaux Aquitaine by Wordskills preparing students for life cycle manage- Universities France rewards the ment in aeronautics and transports (aircraft on-going quality of its training and the maintenance procedures) to obtain 3-year efficient equipment of this technological and 5-year degrees. Talence and Mérignac industries training center. With four sites in Aéroparc, Gironde. Aquitaine, 30 training programs at all levels (from CAP vocational certificate to engi- Center for optical- 7th French University in the ranking of Best neering degree), in the areas of metal laser engineering training, Universities in Europe 2016 by Times Higher plate-welding-fitting, maintenance, for individual or multiple Education. Winner of state-sponsored robotics, machining-design-production, Multidisciplinary university with training and companies, customized investment program for the future, the materials, digital systems, aeronautics, research units, including three professional training: lasers and laser systems, optics and University of Bordeaux plays a leading role industrial performance. Over 500 partner Masters programs and science & technology laser applications, laser safety. Institut in the regional ecosystem in conjunction companies, 90% success rate in examina- research: aeronautics and land transport, d’Optique d’Aquitaine Talence, Gironde. with large industrial groups, competitiveness tions in 2016, 80% employability. All high performance materials engineering, clusters, SMEs, and start-ups. Research Centers aeronautical courses of CFAI Aquitaine are physics and chemistry of high performance

held in partnership with AEROCAMPUS materials. Thanks to its multidisciplinary and interna- Aquitaine in Latresne, Gironde. Multidisciplinary training unit for support tionalized training offer (short programs for The University of Poitiers offers a services (product maintenance-training for the university technical degree, and longer Doctoral School Science and Engineering clients), and new professions to develop programs for License, Professional License, in Materials, Mechanics, Energy and employee skills in the field of support and Masters and Doctorate degrees), as well Institut National de Recherche en Aeronautics, with accredited partners: services. Tarnos, Landes. as its aeronautics and space research Informatique et Automatique Bordeaux Sud- University of La Rochelle, ISAE-ENSMA programs, materials of the future, optics / Ouest INRIA provides its scientific expertise Laboratoire des composites thermostruc- (Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Mécanique photonics / laser, environmental sciences, to aeronautics through research in digital turaux. Research team under the direction et d’Aérotechnique), University of Limoges computer science / digital technologies, the science and technology, computer science of the CNRS, CEA, Safran and Bordeaux and ENSCI (Ecole Nationale Supérieure de University of Bordeaux is directly involved in and mathematics for modeling, simulation University, combining expertise in materials Céramique Industrielle). the development of the leading companies and high performance calculation.Photonics development, morphological and structural in the region. and digital, virtual and augmented reality, characterization, comportment testing, physics and modeling, nano- and bio- modeling and virtual materials. Pessac, imaging. Talence, Gironde. Gironde. The University of Limoges is a multidiscipli- nary higher education pole, with institutes

CNRS research unit © CYRIL ABAD/ CAPA PICTURES / SAFRAN UPPA is a multi-campus, multidisciplinary and state-of-the-art research laboratories, created in partnership university in Nouvelle-Aquitaine on four including XLIM (see page 20) and IPAM, with ISAE-ENSMA Research Institute focused on electronics sites. The skills of its Institut des Sciences specialized in the study of material transfor- engineering school group and the University and microwaves, optics and photonics, Analytiques et de Physico-chimie pour mations, occurring in the implementation of of Poitiers. Research topics: physics and mathematics, computer science & imagery, l’Environnement et les Matériaux (IPREM) in ceramic and surface treatments processes. mechanics of materials, thermal fluids and CAD, in the sectors of space, secure the areas of materials, nanomaterials, new Research is led in close cooperation with combustion, mechanical engineering and environments, new materials, energy and generations of Li-ion batteries, have led to two competitiveness clusters ”Alpha Route complex systems. Futuroscope Poitiers, imaging. Limoges and Brive, Haute-Vienne, industrial partnerships with the big names in des Lasers et des Hyperfréquences” and Vienne. Futuroscope Poitiers, Vienne. aeronautics and space. “Pôle Européen de la Céramique“. 22 You See in the Sky! 23 Nouvelle-Aquitaine - ASD A campus undergoing development and diversification Nouvelle-Aquitaine - ASD

͸͸Creation of a Naval Campus, at the request of DCNS relying on exper- tise, know-how, and feedback from the AEROCAMPUS Aquitaine model. This future Naval Campus aims to become a reference in naval training AEROCAMPUS Aquitaine ͸͸Creation of a Drone Campus which will enable all types of stakeholders in drone-related disciplines, to develop new technologies and applica- An international-scale campus for aerospace training tions on a site, bringing together a large number of skills and a dedi- cated infrastructure (indoor / outdoor flight test facilities, test bench, offices, etc.), also in relation with training specialists ©AEROCAMPUS AQUITAINE - IMMERSION – ANAELB – IMMERSION - AQUITAINE ©AEROCAMPUS

AEROCAMPUS Aquitaine is an aeronautics and space campus created A campus with an through the initiative of the Aquitaine Region in 2011. international focus

͸͸Development of aeronautics training in AEROCAMPUS Aquitaine, anchored in a job development Morocco in partnership with IMA of strategy, offers a range of initial and in-service training that seeks Casablanca, to create a veritable training complementary methods of training in line with the demands from job © AEROCAMPUS AQUITAINE hub for the entire African continent pools to better meet the needs of business. ͸͸Creation of a school in Hyderabad, India: in partnership with Telangana State, AEROCAMPUS also supports the aeronautics industry's export creation of an AeroSkills School, modelled approach by providing customized training, know-how and the on AEROCAMPUS Aquitaine. The goal is certification that export increasingly to international markets. to train future Indian aeronautical mechanics through initial and in-service training in MRO using AEROCAMPUS's PART 147 accreditation ͸͸Development of training with Swiss A campus to train all types of A campus at the forefront of new Aerocampus at the Sion airport (training students technologies and educational © AEROCAMPUS AQUITAINE A. / GILBERT and exams for EASA PART 66 degree) engineering ͸͸All levels for the aerospace sector from BAC PRO (school track or apprenticeship) ͸͸Leading educational campus equipped to engineering degrees, in initial or with an immersive virtual reality room, in-service training (Bac Pro 1 year, BTS) collaborative table, 3D printer, etc. AEROCAMPUS Aquitaine key figures More than ͸͸Initial, ongoing, national, international, ͸͸Development of Serious Games, A320 technical, non-technical, theoretical, and flight simulator and a maintenance simu- 20 schools and practical training lator, engine bench, as well as a helicopter consisting of 28 members training centers A budget of An increase in the number of employees ͸͸A 26 hectare site, a campus with simulator (co-developed with AHTS - ͸͸Leading training-focused business incu- 280 clustered around the campus PART 147 approval, two aircraft hangars , and Telespazio) bator (Telespazio, Institute of welding, €10.5 M students and a development working on site, and 7,000 m2 of educational premises Diota, ESI, DMIC, Tamaplace) of the offer of initial training, all companies combined ͸͸In-service vocational training (public ͸͸2 cabin crew schools (hostesses, stew- through the in-school track A campus within a partnership 55,000 people employees or job seekers) ards): Aeroschool and Les Guyards network through the 100% success rate and apprenticeships received in 2016 ͸͸Training of foreigners or overseas training inter-airline center AEROCAMPUS Cluster for Bac and BTS diplomas in Apprenticeships (outsourcing of major contractors in the ͸͸A business campus hosting major aero- June 2016 with over 82% increasing aerospace industry) ͸͸Leading network of European experts nautics groups (Dassault First, Thales A range of training programs (125 in 2016, up 11%) ͸͸Reception of technical or non-technical responding to the training needs of Université, Safran Corporate, Airbus special mentions 270 students for new professions in-service professional training courses companies in the aerospace field, and Defence and Space) © AIRBUS SAS

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