Ascendance Flight Technologies, the French start-up\nspecializing in aviation decarbonization, announced the appointment of St\u00e9phane\nViala as Director of Engineering & Program. As of February 1, 2023, he will\noversee the technical management of the young aircraft manufacturer\u2019s two\nflagship programs: the STERNA modular hybrid propulsion system and the\nhybrid-electric VTOL aircraft ATEA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This aeronautical engineer from ISAE-ENSMA also holds a PhD\nin turbulence modelling from SUPAERO\/ONERA. He was previously SVP Engineering\nand Head of Design Organization of French-Italian aircraft manufacturer ATR,\nwhich he joined in 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Before being appointed by ATR, he had been in various\nleading positions at Airbus for 16 years. He first headed the Aerodynamic\nMethods and A350 Flight Dynamics teams before leading the A30X Flight Physics\nand Flight Dynamics integrated team. He also defined products evolution,\nmultidisciplinary methods and technology in R&T Programs for 4 years, as\nhead of Overall aircraft Design, encompassing flight physics, engine, Flight\nTest Bed and Methods and Tools perimeter. He was the A320 incremental\ndevelopment chief Engineer before joining ATR. He holds several patents in the\naerospace field and has published several technical articles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
His technical knowledge, 360\u00c2\u00b0 integration skills and wide\nexperience in all segments of aviation, paired with his comprehensive understanding\nof the aeronautical market will be key to the development and promotion of\nAscendance Flight Technologies\u2019 sustainable flight solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
St\u00e9phane Viala – Director of Engineering & Program: \u00c2\u00abI\nam excited to be part of such an innovative and differentiating project. My\ncommitment to bringing clean aircraft to the skies and my growing interest in\nthe potential of hybrid propulsion have led me to closely follow Ascendance\u2019s\nprogress. I am impressed with what the\nteam has achieved so far. The project is sound and credible in terms of segment\nand purpose, and the growing number of LOIs reflects that. The team is highly\nskilled, and I share their vision that hybridization is key to a fast and\nefficient transition towards green aviation. I am delighted to spearhead the\ntechnical development of both STERNA and ATEA and look forward to meeting our\nnext goals: to make aeronautical industry benefit from our STERNA hybridization\ntechnology, and to fly, certify and industrialize our ATEA aircraft.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ascendance\u2019s vision and achievements have steadily attracted\nhigh profile professionals with extensive experience in the aeronautical\nindustry. Viala\u2019s appointment follows the recent arrival of Fran\u00c3\u00a7ois Caudron,\nex-Senior Vice President Marketing and CMO of Airbus as Special Advisor\nBusiness. Robert Lafontan, former Senior Vice President of Engineering at\nAirbus joined the team in 2021 as Executive Technical Advisor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jean-Christophe Lambert, CEO: \u201cWe are thrilled to welcome\nSt\u00e9phane Viala. He is a consummate professional who performed in all the\ndevelopment & lifecycle phases of an aircraft, from the advanced projects\nand fly tests to the production and global fleet management. His experience in\nthe field of innovative aviation, as well as his aircraft architect view, will\nbe essential in leading our technical development. We are committed to rapidly\ndeliver the best decarbonization solutions to the aerospace industry and having\nSt\u00e9phane on board is an incredible value to the team and a major step towards\nour goals.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ascendance Flight Technologies, the French start-up specializing in aviation decarbonization, announced the appointment of St\u00e9phane Viala as Director of Engineering & Program. As of February 1, 2023, he will oversee the technical management of the young aircraft manufacturer\u2019s two flagship programs: the STERNA modular hybrid propulsion system and the hybrid-electric VTOL aircraft ATEA. This aeronautical […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[114,90],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international-news","category-news-release"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24897"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24897\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24898,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24897\/revisions\/24898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}