Thierry Dubois has specialized in aerospace journalism since 1997. An engineer in fluid dynamics from Toulouse-based Enseeiht, he covers the French commercial aviation, defense and space industries. His expertise extends to all things technology in Europe. Thierry is also the editor-in-chief of Aviation Week’s ShowNews.
Meteosat Third Generation-I1, an Earth-observation satellite designed to provide significantly improved weather data, is in the final stages of integration at Thales Alenia Space’s assembly facility.
Against the backdrop of an increasingly pressing need for new flight decks, Dassault Aviation has been working with ISAE-SupAero’s Department of Aerospace Vehicles Design and Control (DCAS) in Toulouse, which has set up a teaching and research chair on the architecture of cognitive air systems.