Since 2012, the French government has focused on developing apprenticeship in France and has an ambitious recovery plan aimed at offering quality training to young people. The Prime Minister has joined the Secretary of State for European Affairs to raise awareness among large companies of the importance of European mobility in the context of apprenticeship and wished that a pilot project is initialized for European mobility apprentices, opportunities of skills development facilitating professional integration into the world of work, in close contact with the Ministries concerned. Large companies have responded favorably to this request and have met several times, before submitting this application. During these meetings, the representatives of major French groups, institutional partners, Franco-German cooperation partners and social partners developed a GERMAN FRANCO PILOT PROJECT FOR AN ERASMUS APPRENTICESHIP. During these various meetings, several obstacles to the development of European mobility for apprentices were identified and it was decided, before generalizing the European mobility, to experiment in a first phase a small number of mobilities towards Germany, on a broad spectrum of trades and levels. This project is planned to take place over 24 months and concerns mobilities to Germany for 54 apprentices. The Franco-German dimension of European mobility was chosen in the framework of this car pilot project, which could draw on the expertise of the two countries in terms of cooperation, resources and Erasmus + funding. In addition, the pilot project will benefit from Germany's widely recognized experience in the field of apprenticeship. Reciprocity will be applied through a mirror project, submitted by German companies to the Erasmus Germany Agency in 2017. This reciprocity will reinforce the pooling of experiences with a view to the generalization of the pilot project. The organization in project management, the appropriate tools, the quality approach, the valorization of the results, used daily by the big companies of the consortium, will be implemented in this pilot project to guarantee the achievement of the objectives: - to give to the apprentices all opportunities for integration into the labor market by increasing their technical, linguistic and personal skills. - To include mobility as a tool facilitating the adaptation of training to the socio-economic challenges of companies. - To promote the international mobility of apprentices to promote their professional integration.- Contribute to the attractiveness of apprenticeship - Valorise apprentices by offering them opportunities to assert themselves and evolve in another cultural and professional context, thus contributing to their personal fulfillment. personal development through work and life experiences in another countries, to gain autonomy, curiosity, tolerance, open-mindedness and European citizenship. The success of apprentices at all levels (from level IV to level I) in achieving their European mobility and the impact of these mobilities will be analyzed by a monitoring committee. The dissemination of the results will mobilize all the project partners, including the social partners, in particular the MEDEF, and the public authorities, foremost among which is the State Secretariat for European Affairs. The observations made during the project and the improvements made to the apprenticeship system will make it possible to move to a generalization phase in other European countries. The impacts are expected on the better perception of the ERASMUS + program by large companies and on their greater involvement in the European mobility of their apprentices. In this context Airbus Defense & Space has achieved the mobility of 4 apprentices to Germany during the period 2016-2018.

The companies Airbus Defence and Space, MTU Aero Engines and BAE Systems have been partners in the aviation industry for decades. The position of the aviation companies involved in the European aerospace technology market is always under consideration. Given this situation, it is important for the companies to have employees that deal with and have experience in the field of transnational mobility. For this reason, we see this project as a great opportunity for trainees to prepare for this situation, even at this early stage in their careers.Participants:5 Airbus DS trainees (2 aircraft equipment technicians, 2 electronics engineers, 1 commercial clerks)5 MTU trainees (3 industrial mechanics, 2 aircraft engine mechanics)10 BAE Systems trainees (7 aircraft equipment technicians, 2 electronics engineers, 1 commercial clerks)The project will be managed by Christoph Eckl (Airbus DS), Hans Triebenbacher (MTU), John Connor and Stephen Fairless (BAE Systems).Project implementation:January: consulting with the partners on the continuation of the project; the determination of the exchange periods; the number of participants and professions; and application for funding.February/March: selecting the participantsMarch/April: preliminary meeting in England; deciding on the participants and departments they will work in; visiting these departments at the company sites; deciding on the agenda for the exchange and on activities; discussing the results of the evaluation from the previous year; and organising and planning travel, booking accommodation and the return visit of the English partners in April.July: start of the exchange in Germany, introductory event, site tours, group activities and closing event at the end of the three-week exchangeAugust/September: start of the exchange in England, introductory event, site tours, group activities and closing event at the end of the three-week exchangeOctober: Final report on the application for funding, follow-up workshop with the German group, completion of the preliminary statement of costs, PR workNovember/December: Accounting formalitiesActivities during the exchanges:Company tours (Airbus DS, MTU, BAE), city tours (Munich, Ingolstadt, Manchester), museum visit, barbecue, outdoor event (treetop rope course), tour of the Audi AG production plant, visits to sporting events.The activities will be organised by the project managers and the exchange group. The exact details will be clarified in the preliminary meetings.Goals of the project:Alongside the acquisition of technical skills and knowledge in the respective professions, the personal development of the individual trainees within the group plays an important role. This includes, among other things:Improving foreign language, planning and technical skills Learning about work processes in other countries, English culture and overcoming fears/prejudicesIncreasing the willingness to travel and be flexibleLiving in an unfamiliar environmentAiding the development of personal responsibility, initiative, independence and problem-solving skillsWorking in international teams in a foreign language environment and having contact with English colleagues.Effects/benefits:Assistance in developing these competencies is very important for both the young people as well as for the participating establishments. Becoming familiar with different work processes in the participating companies and comparing these processes is intended to support the development of innovative ideas. The particularly interesting aspect of the cooperation between Airbus DS, BAE Systems and MTU Aero Engines is the connection between industry content and various professional groups. This should result in an added appreciation for the colleagues in other professions. In order to be well-equipped to deal with the challenge of the increasingly globalised aviation sector, comprehensive foreign language skills and experiences in dealing with the culture of other countries are very important. As a member of the Airbus Group, the participants from Airbus Defence and Space have the opportunity to explore different areas of the Group and work in other European countries. The publications on the Airbus DS and MTU Aero Engines intranets/websites, the local press and publicity through various social media platforms gives us the opportunity to make training even more attractive and to generate more interest for our company in the job market.

BAE Systems, Airbus Defence & Space and MTU will be working together to give 10 second year Engineering and Business Advanced Apprentices first hand experience and greater knowledge of the manufacturing and testing techniques used by the European Aerospace industry. Whilst developing and improving their language, communication and social skills, the participants will obtain a greater level of independence and knowledge of different EU cultures. The objectives would be to observe and work using different manufacturing methods and equipment used by the partner companies that the apprentices would not normally have the opportunity to use in the UK and to see similar components and aircraft manufactured in a different way whilst gaining the opportunity to work on larger aircraft that is no longer available to them in the UK. This project will help to provide evidence towards their NVQ L3 learning programmes by giving them the opportunities to deal with international customers and suppliers giving them an opportunity to learn about the companies work ethics, which would normally be extremely difficult for our young people to achieve. This will help the participants move through the apprenticeship programme quicker while also freeing up placement opportunities for others. This project will be a three week reciprocal exchange and would take place during the academic holidays between June and July 2015. The project will be managed by using initiation, planning and design, execution and construction, monitoring, controlling systems and completion.The long term benefits of this project will enable European and Worldwide mobility of staff at BAE Systems and their partner organisations, it will also help to encourage further collaborative working of the companies in the future.

The PACTE-ESPACE project of ACTivE Physics of energetic particles, waves, and their interactions in the near-earth SPACE, is proposed by physicists from the DIF (DAM Ile-de-France) center of the Direction des Applications Militaires of the Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives (CEA-DAM) in collaboration with scientists of CNRS and engineers of Airbus Defense and Space. In PACTE- ESPACE, the research and communication will be handled by CEA DIF. Airbus Defense and Space will be in charge of proposing industrial solutions. The PACTE-ESPACE project fits into the theme 4 « Ondes acoustiques et radioélectriques » and is directly related to the sub-theme “7.4.3 : Détection and Imagerie : Surveillance des activités électroniques spatiales”. PACTE-ESPACE has also applications in the sub-theme « 7.4.5 : Agressions électromagnétiques et vulnérabilité ». The PACTE-ESPACE projet integrates some of the motivation and goals of the “Document d’Orientation de l’Innovation de Défense (DOID) 2019” that are relative to improving surveillance from space, the protection of assets in space, and possible conter-measures in space against external aggression. PACTE-ESPACE proposes to observe the electron ambient environment from satellites, covering regions from the upper ionosphere to the internal magnetosphere (up to 6 Earth radii, at GEO orbits) and to better understand it thanks to theory and simulation. In PACTE-ESPACE, we will study natural events, such as storms and substorms, that we will track using multiple satellites measurements. A main civilian application of PACTE-ESPACE is space weather nowcasting and forecasting. We will also study a series of 3 active experiments that are/will be conducted in 2019-2022, that have Defense applications. The last component of PACTE-ESPACE is the theory and numerical tools that we will adapt or develop in order to make our understanding of these issues progress. Some of the studies of PACTE-ESPACE will be conducted by a PhD student co-funded by DGA-AID and CEA (outside of PACTE-ESPACE funding). The experimental part of PACTE-ESPACE made at CNRS consists in establishing the féisability of particle and wave measurements and instruments according to science objectives (to be defined) and various programatic frameworks.

EURISA aims at ensuring long term availability of a European cost-effective and performant IMU based on fiber-optic gyroscopes and quartz accelerometers for the future space missions. As of today, all European missions depend on American IMU, mainly Northrop Grumman LN200S, with no alternative in Europe for compact and cost-effective IMU. The main goal of the project is to deliver an engineering model of this IMU at TRL equal or higher than 6. The engineering model will be tested in space environments and its inertial performances will be measured and validated. On top of that, the project will also deliver crafted hybridization algorithms to provide the best possible navigation performances EURISA relies on 4 actors of the European space ecosystem: Airbus Defence & Space, ETH Zurich, DLR Bremen and iXblue. They have all the required competencies and know-hows to make a success out of this project: space electronics, inertial sensors, knowledge on the space mission requirements, hybridization algorithms, space environment and also manufacturing and quality. In practice, the project will be built on current developments of the partners that have already reached TRL 4 and above: compact fiber-optics gyroscopes, quartz accelerometer, space electronic boards based on COTS and hybridization algorithms. In the frame of EURISA, these different elements will be further developed or adapted, then qualified and finally assembled together to make the future European IMU. By using current developments and many synergies together with the use of COTS, we ensure a cost-effective product and a safe path toward a TRL 6 maturity.