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Thales & CS Group
Thales and, CS GROUP are working with their partners in France and Europe’s defence industrial and technological base on are developing the PARADE programme capability to provide permanent deployable protection for critical infrastructure from drone threats. The programme follows an open competition contract was awarded after a European competitive tendering process launched by the DGA in 2021 to strengthen the drone countermeasures (counter-UAV) capabilities of the French armed forces. A consortium led by Thales and CS GROUP has been notified by the French defence procurement...
thales and Systematic
Thales and Systematic inaugurate the first long-range drone corridor in Bretigny-sur-Orge reaching a new milestone in the U-ELCOME project In the context of the U-ELCOME Project, Thales, leader of the French Cluster and its key partners, EUROCONTROL and Systematic, are pleased to announce the opening of the first long-range corridor in the Paris area and the first Beyond Line of Sight (BVLOS) UAS flight in a semi-urban area in Bretigny-sur-Orge. Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), with their considerable potential, are expected to enter the airspace in their hundreds of thousands over the...
Interairport Munich The 24th International Exhibition for Airport Equipment, Technology, Design and Services  will take place from 9th to 13th october INSPIRE THE FUTURE | CREATE CONNECTIONS EMPOWER AIRPORTS PROAVIA welcomes you on its booth : Hall B6 Stand 610-7 All PROAVIA's members are warmly invited to meet clients and partners
Installation de convertisseurs 400 Hz - Guinault
Work to install 400Hz converters has started at Perpignan airport.  In a few weeks the planes will be connected to the electricity network during their stopover. This new equipment will replace the current diesel generators. The objective of this project is to reduce the platform’s CO² emissions. The project is co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund as part of the Union's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Egis at Koweit city
Kuwait City, Kuwait – Egis, the renowned engineering and operations consultancy, has been selected to provide Project Management Consultancy (PMC) services for the execution of the new Kuwait Airways Tower project in Qibla, Kuwait. Kuwait Airways Company (KAC) aims to construct a state-of-the-art, LEED certified, multi-purpose tower that adheres to the latest technical and professional standards, optimizing functionality and sustainability. Egis will work closely with KAC alongside the entire project lifecycle, providing comprehensive project management services from pre-design to...
vinci at Gatwick airport
In the UK, London Gatwick Airport (VINCI Airports/VINCI Concessions) recently completed an innovative resurfacing programme on its main runway in half the time and at half the cost compared with using traditional resurfacing methods. Thanks to this new approach, it was possible to lay just 40,000 t of asphalt, 100,000 t less than would normally be used to resurface the airport’s main runway. And using just 30% of the usual amount of asphalt meant a considerable reduction in embodied carbon. All the old asphalt materials were recycled for use as aggregates in road construction, while...
On the occasion of the 10th Paris Air Forum, Air Liquide and Groupe ADP announced the creation of Hydrogen Airport, the first engineering and consulting joint venture specializing in helping airports integrate hydrogen projects within their infrastructures. The governance team is in place and the joint venture has begun commercial activities. This joint venture was created following a study  carried out jointly with Airbus in 2021 focusing on feasibility studies to facilitate the introduction of hydrogen planes in approximately 30 airports around the world. This partnership reflects...
The technical seminar: European innovations to reduce airports environmental impact has taken place last friday 23rd june at DGAC headquarters. You can download all presentations on the link below DOWNLOAD HERE THE PRÉSENTATIONS
Seminaire olga
Au sein du programme européen H2020, le consortium OLGA, et ses 42 partenaires, expérimentent des solutions innovantes en faveur des économies d'énergie, les SAF, l'hydrogène, l'inter modalité et la mobilité bas-carbone, la préservation de la biodiversité et de la qualité de l'air ... Rencontre avec  les responsables de ces projets et échange avec eux sur les sujets suivants : Utilisation de l'HYDROGENE : les aéroports de Paris CDG et Milan Malpensa, vous présenteront...
In Serbia, Thales and SMATSA continue their successful partnership to offer better systems interoperability and new decision support tools for air traffic controllers Thales and SMATSA, the Air Navigation Service Provider (ANSP) of Serbia and Montenegro, in charge of providing Air Traffic Management (ATM) services to airspace users in the airspace of Serbia and Montenegro, are extending their partnership through 2025 by signing a new contract for software and hardware support services. This new contract includes new functional enhancements that will improve system interoperability and...