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ONERA has patented the principle of a low-cost device that significantly secures recreational aviation. The company Flarm Technology GmbH has developed the technology under license from Onera. With GPS data and a radio transceiver, FLARM locates other aircraft, gliders or drones equipped with Flarm flying nearby and offers the pilot a situational awareness that makes it possible to avoid midair collisions or collisions when landing. This system was made mandatory in France for gliders by an FFVV (French Gliding Federation) decision in March 2013.

A team from ONERA made a laser source based on optical fibers in the laboratory, which generates a 1.7 kW peak at 1580nm suitable for measuring CO2. This is a record for this wavelength that is not very favorable for fibered technology. Challenge: the monitoring of global warming from space.

From 10 to 14 June 2013 in Hyères, a hundred of delegates from the Franco-Singaporean joint laboratory SONDRA   met for the 3rd Workshop SONDRA. The topics were EM modeling, radar and remote sensing.

Physicist born in 1952 and died on 15 June 2013, Emmanuel   Rosencher  had been ONERA's Scientific Director  since October 2010 and a professor at the École Polytechnique.

The A350 made its maiden flight on the eve of the Paris Air Show 2013. In May, Onera’s team of specialists was on deck day and night to pass the vibration tests on the ground in record time. Airbus was thus reassured that the plane was ready for its first flight.

During the World Wide Failure Exercise II contest, devoted to the prediction of fractures in composite structures under 3D stress, Onera obtained the best results among the twelve guest international laboratories.

ONERA M6 wing, created in the 70s, is known to all aerodynamicists in the world. It serves as a reference to validate CFD methods. Here, ONERA-M6 wing is used for studies regarding the accuracy of new computing techniques (Aghora Project).

The French Federation of Scientific Societies awarded the Edouard Branly Prize to Myriam Raybaut, a specialist in laser physics, for the development of laser devices applied to the detection of pollutants.

The Onera annual report for 2012 is  available. Chairman and CEO Denis Maugars reviews the year's highlights and the projects and achievements covered in the report.