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![How can we reduce fuel consumption? DRAGON](/sites/default/files/styles/liste/public/actualites/2019-06/vignette-dragon-460x307_0.jpg?itok=e_88iKOv)
In response to increasing air traffic and to meet the standards imposed by Europe, aircraft manufacturers must innovate to reduce fuel consumption. ONERA, whose role is to push the envelope of knowledge in support of manufacturers, is studying one of the most promising lines of research: distributed electric propulsion.
![Thales Alenia Space and French aerospace research center ONERA sign cooperation agreement](/sites/default/files/styles/liste/public/actualites/2018-11/signature-de-partenariat-tas-onera-400x307.jpg?itok=3BlMmIte)
Thales Alenia Space, the joint company between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), a major player in the satellite, space exploration and orbital infrastructure market, and ONERA (Office National d’Etudes et de Recherches Aérospatiales), the French national aerospace research center, have signed an agreement to cooperate on space activities.
![UAV Show 2018 : ONERA presents its drone offer](/sites/default/files/styles/liste/public/actualites/2018-10/uav-show-offre-drones-232x155.jpg?itok=wcmKVxN-)
For 25 years ONERA has been working on the issue of aerial robotics! Its experience provides it with expertise in most of the important scientific topics related to drones. It benefits from multi-disciplinary simulation capabilities and significant experimental resources. From 10 to 12 October, it will participate in the UAV SHOW, the first European professional drone show, which will be opened by ONERA's President Bruno Sainjon in person.
![ONERA accelerometers: NASA launches new satellites](/sites/default/files/styles/liste/public/actualites/2018-05/GraceFO-307x460_0.jpg?itok=w6HUFsf1)
Since you do not change a winning team, the satellites of NASA's Grace mission, launched on Tuesday 22 May 2018, will again be equipped with electrostatic accelerometers from ONERA. For the first mission, launched in 2002, ONERA had already developed and supplied the accelerometers: they have since run without a hitch for 15 years.