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.
The French government this week presented its military spending plan for 2019-25, confirming a will to increase defense expenditures after decades of cuts.
Europe’s technology program for air traffic management (ATM) modernization, airline operations control centers (OCC) have begun using a so-called extended flight plan (EFPL) to optimize agreed—as opposed to requested—trajectories.