Toulouse Aerospace (), formerly Montaudran Aerospace or Aerospace Campus (''Campus Aeronautic''), is a campus project linked to the aeronautics, space and embedded systems jobs and part of

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. Located in

Toulouse Toulouse (, ; ; ) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Haute-Garonne department and of the Occitania (administrative region), Occitania region. The city is on the banks of the Garonne, River Garonne, from ...

in the Montaudran district, it will be built entirely by the

Toulouse Métropole Toulouse Métropole () is one of 20 French metropolises, an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Toulouse. Located in the Haute-Garonne department, in the Occitanie region, southern France. Created in January 2015, it replaced the p ...

. Its surface area will be 40 hectares on the site of the former

Toulouse-Montaudran airport Toulouse-Montaudran Airport was a French airport located in the district of Montaudran in the municipality of Toulouse in the Haute-Garonne department of the region of Occitanie. History Created in 1917 by Pierre-Georges Latécoère, it ...

which saw the beginnings of Aéropostale.

Description

It is the town planner David Mangin who will direct the entire project, construction of which began in the first quarter of 2011. The

Institut Clément Ader The Institut Clément Ader () is a research laboratory under the supervision of the Institut national des sciences appliquées de Toulouse (INSA Toulouse), the Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier University (UPS), the École des mines d'Albi-Carmaux (IMT ...

, from the

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, has set up within the walls of the Espace Clément Ader in March 2014, and was inaugurated in October. Building B 612 of 26,140 m2 opened its doors on July 1, 2018. Mangin's project was preferred for the place it gave to the preservation of the heritage of Aéropostale: ten hectares should be dedicated to it and certain historic buildings will be preserved (map room, Château Petit Raynal, etc.), to make the

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museum.

Project

Like the Cancéropôle for

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, this involves bringing together in the same place the main players in training and research in a field, in this case aeronautics and space: * Bringing together the two Toulouse aeronautical

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of the GEA:

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and SUPAERO – as well as universities and university institutes located in the same geographical area:

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INSA Toulouse The Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA) is a non-profit, nonpartisan 501(c)(6) professional organization based in Arlington, Virginia for the public and private sector members of the United States Intelligence Community. History ...

and INPT. The ''Maison de la formation Jacqueline Auriol'' will thus bring together under the same roof all Toulouse training courses in mechanical and production engineering in the aeronautics and space sector (opening planned for January 2022). * Group of 1000 researchers mainly from

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, CCR EADS, CNRS, and CNES. * Creation of infrastructure necessary for the development of SMEs and provision of common services. This project is a continuation of the Rangueil scientific complex where ISAE, ENAC, INSA Toulouse, Paul-Sabatier University, LAAS-CNRS,

CNES CNES () is the French national space agency. Headquartered in central Paris, the agency is overseen by the ministries of the Armed Forces, Economy and Finance and Higher Education, Research and Innovation. It operates from the Toulouse Spac ...

are already located... and close to important players such as

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, Airbus Defense and Space,

Thales Alenia Space Thales Alenia Space () is a joint venture between the French technology corporation Thales Group (67%) and Italian defense conglomerate Leonardo (company), Leonardo (33%). The company is headquartered in Cannes, France. It provides space-based ...

Freescale Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. was an American semiconductor manufacturer. It was created by the divestiture of the Semiconductor Products Sector of Motorola in 2004. Freescale focused their integrated circuit products on the automotive, embedde ...

, Latécoère,

Siemens VDO Automotive Siemens AG ( ) is a German multinational technology conglomerate. It is focused on industrial automation, building automation, rail transport and health technology. Siemens is the largest engineering company in Europe, and holds the position ...

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. Toulouse Aerospace will therefore be the whole made up of this new area under development and the current Rangueil complex. It is part of the continuation of making Toulouse the international capital of aeronautics and space. Aérodrome de Toulouse-Montaudran - janvier 1977 - 3Fi793 (cropped).jpg, Aerial view of the site in 1977. Toulouse - Immeuble B612.jpg, B612 building. B612 (2).jpg, B612 building in details. Toulouse - La Cité (3).jpg, Halles de La Cité. Toulouse - La Cité (5).jpg, La Cité. Toulouse - La Cité (2).jpg, La Cité, inside. Envol des pionniers.jpg,

l'Envol des pionniers ''Taking Wing'' () is a 2000 French drama film directed by Steve Suissa. It was entered into the 22nd Moscow International Film Festival where Suissa won the award for Best Director and Clément Sibony won the award for Best Actor. Cast * Clé ...

museum. Minotaure.jpg, The Halle de La Machine and the Minotaure.

References

External links

Website of Toulouse Aerospace
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