ONERA

ONERA

Châtillon, Hauts-de-Seine, France

Air SystemsSpaceRadar & SensorsOptronicsDual-use
Software DeveloperSupplies Defense Industry
Profile last updated: March 11, 2026

About

ONERA is a defense software developer based in Châtillon, France working in air systems, space, radar & sensors +5 more.

ONERA is the French national aerospace research centre, a public establishment working for the aerospace, aeronautics and defence sectors. Its research covers aerodynamics, propulsion, materials and structures, physics and instrumentation, electromagnetism and radar, optics, information processing and systems, and advanced numerical simulation. Its work includes wind tunnel testing, flight and launcher studies, radar and optronic technologies, and the development of in-house simulation software. ONERA operates eight sites in France and works with the DGA, DGAC, CNES, Airbus, Safran and international partners on programmes such as the European Defence Fund projects GARUDA and FACELIFT. Its research also supports civil aviation decarbonisation and noise reduction. ONERA trains doctoral students and runs joint research with universities and national research agencies.

Location

Châtillon, France

Focus areas

aerospace researchaeronauticsdefence researchwind tunnelshigh performance computingnumerical simulationradaroptronicsspacepropulsion

Languages

FREN

Products & capabilities

Defense domains

Air SystemsSpaceRadar & SensorsOptronicsUnmanned SystemsElectronic WarfareDefense Software & AIMissiles & Munitions

Supply-chain role

Software Developer

What they offer

SoftwareEngineering Services

Markets

Also sells to civilian markets

Products

ROS NG

Over-the-horizon radar demonstrator

Next-generation surface-wave transhorizon radar demonstrator, unveiled at Euronaval.

Eole

Airborne small satellite launch system

Air-launched system for small low-Earth-orbit satellites, using hybrid propulsion, a composite structure and autonomous flight avionics.

elsA

Aerodynamics simulation software

ONERA aerodynamics code used for unsteady simulation of compressor stall and related flow problems.

CEDRE

Multiphysics simulation software

ONERA simulation code used for flow, plume and wave-propagation studies, including launcher and missile configurations.

DELTA

Deep learning software environment

Software environment for applying deep learning to ONERA research tasks, based on PyTorch and a GPU cluster.

InCELL

Constraint programming scheduling tool

Scheduling tool handling renewable resources, including applications to space mission planning.

DROSERA

Drone impact analysis tool

Tool for analysing drone fall-out zones after an accident.

End users

Defense Industry

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