A Word from the Chairman

摘要

This year 2006 was o good year for ONERA, beginning with one of the most comp/ex tests ever carried out at the SIMA wind tunnel at Modane (for the A400M) and ending with the ? Science and Defense ? prize awarded to the ONERA-DEMR / Oktal-UPS team.Exceptional in terms of the wealth of projects reaching their conclusion (GRAVES, RESSAC, REMANTA), this year was it a/so in terms of nevv projects entrusted to us by Airbus, Europe and the Ministry of Defense. For the first time, a framework agreement with the DET (the Technical Expertise Directorate of the French National Procurement Agency) recognized, defined and organized our activity as expert of the Defense.