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USAIRE had the tremendous pleasure and honor to welcome Michael Whitaker, administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration. The fireside chat was very open on broad topics, addressing current situations as well as regulation challenges for the future of aviation. A very bright and enlightening exchange. Big thanks to Pascal Parant for moderating the interview and to Jenny Solomon for her second-to-none support and assistance. Earlier during the same day, the Jury of USAIRE Student Award Contest gathered. Composed of experts of the industry and administrations, the members debated on essays and business plans that will disrupt the aerospace industry in 2040. The results will be announced during the upcoming Gala Dinner of Thanksgiving! Thanks to the Jury members and the organizing team: Frederic Parisot, Jean-Marc Fron, Pascal Parant, Arnaud Marfurt, Gervais Gaudière, Philippe KOFFI, Vincent Mériaux, Thibaud Figueroa, Arthur N.,Hadrien Rhonat, Johann Panier, Quitterie Magnin de Montlivault, William AST,Héloïse Conte, Jean-Christophe Lambert,CARL CHEVILLON

USAIRE was honored to host Jürgen Westermeier Chief Procurement Officer of Airbus, in Toulouse! Juergen shared Airbus' top priorities to navigate the ramp-up successfully. He shared valuable insights on the current and future challenges of the supply chain followed by fascintaing discussions with USAIRE members. Thank you to everyone who attended this event and special thanks to our partner NYCO, specialty lubricants and synthetic esters Hervé Tilloy, Hadrien Rhonat, Sébastien GARCIA, Pedro Dasí #Airbus #AviationIndustry #supplychain

USAIRE kicked off the new season 2024-2025 with a second-to-none luncheon hosting Emmanuel Chiva, head of DGA - Direction générale de l'armement. Our prestigious guest honored USAIRE members by responding to an interview moderated by CARL CHEVILLON and Hadrien Rhonat. A precise talk and outspokenness on France's defense planning, preparation of the French armed forces against current and future threats, strategies around national defense technological and industrial base and international cooperation. A great thanks to our guest who inspired the audience ! Earlier the same morning, USAIRE general assembly gathered and elected to renewed the entire board and its president. Thank you to all USAIRE members, and congratulation to the team! A plebiscite to the hard and successful work of the team over the past years! CARL CHEVILLON, Pascal Parant, Fatima Merah, Michele Messaoudi, William AST, Hadrien Rhonat,Hervé Tilloy,Jean-Marc Fron, Arnaud Marfurt, Claire Guilhot, Thibaud Figueroa, Vincent Mériaux, Aymeric Plantier,Guillaume Jaubert, Claudine SERRE, Sonia Ruano, Jerome Le Grand, Marc de Carrière, Jean-Jacques LE PEN

Join the next USAIRE luncheon in Toulouse with our guest Jürgen Westermeier. If you are not yet a member, please contact: contact@usaire.org

🎞 Watch the📽 of the USAIRE #GardenParty at Le Palais Niel. Thanks again to our sponsors: ARESIA, Ask for the moon, AIRPLANE, AAR, Collins Aerospace, Tekna (OSE:TEKNA), Albany International Corp., Safran

Congratulations to the winners of the USAIRE Inspiring the Future of Aviation Awards: Elodie Brunot and her initiative #passionaeroo and Aerospace Angels Jean-Michel Darroy. The Inspiring the Future of aviation award honors a person, a company, an association or an initiative that works towards the sustainability of aviation. There could be no sustainability in aerospace without people, but also without financing. USAIRE has chosen to award this distinction to a duo to emphasize what drives the development of our industry: people and cash. #People for the industry means above all finding the talent that will enable us to continue to innovate and attract the younger generation to our industry and #cash for the industry means financially supporting innovation.

Outstanding USAIRE Garden Party last Friday in Toulouse at Le Palais Niel. It has been a great time of networking and relaxation among industry firends. Thanks to our sponsors: AAR, AIRPLANE, Albany International Corp., ARESIA, Ask for the moon, Collins Aerospace, Safran, Tekna (OSE:TEKNA) Thanks also to General Frédéric Danigo for hosting USAIRE in one of the most prestigious palace in Toulouse.

USAIRE had the great pleasure to welcome a panel of experts on big data and AI on a fascinating subject: “IA and big data in aviation and defense”. Thanks to Marc Fontaine - President Helsing France, Pierre-Olivier Bandet - EVP information Systems at Air France-KLM group and Miguel Sosa - VP head of product Innovation at TRAX, a division of AAR. A dive in this amazing technology bringing breakthrough in both civil aerospace and defense areas. Thanks to Arnaud Marfurt, William AST and to our moderator Pascal Parant and to the team of Cercle de l'Union Interalliée

SAVE THE DATE! The USAIRE Garden Party will take place on July 5th in Toulouse. To register contact@usaire.org. Thanks to our sponsors Collins Aerospace , AAR, Albany Engineered Composites GmbH, ARESIA, Tekna (OSE:TEKNA)

USAIRE had the great pleasure to welcome Major General Patrick Aufort, head of the Agence de l'innovation de défense as guest speaker. It was an opportunity to provide a status on the scope of work of the agency and its concrete results, 6 years after its creation. Innovation has always been critical to defense sector but the introduction of dual technologies accelerates the cycle, and requires attention to ensure that no future technological capability gap occurs in the future. This is one of the many roles of the agency, supported by the French Ministry of Armed Forces 's funding for innovation as part of the 7-year defense planning law (LPM). The Agency's Innovation for Defense Orientation Guide (in French language) laying out is constantly updated vision statement can be found here: https://lnkd.in/eJnBwwRh Many thanks again to our guest for his brilliant brief and for the Q&A exchange and to the Cercle de l'Union Interalliée for hosting the event.