MBDA Programme of Excellence established at ISAE
MBDA, the ISAE-SUPAERO Foundation and the Institut Supérieur
de l’Aéronautique et de l’Espace (ISAE) have signed a sponsorship agreement
setting up an Indian scholarship programme in France. Between 2014 and 2017,
this programme will contribute towards the financing of 24 students and young
aeronautical professionals from India, enabling them to undertake Masters
studies at ISAE.
MBDA, an international group active in the Aeronautics and
Space sector, specializes in the research, development and production of
missiles and missile systems. The company is eager to develop direct
cooperation with India’s aeronautical and defence industry. As a result, MBDA
is keen to support the training of Indian engineers in this field, notably via
advanced studies offered by ISAE in France.
The ISAE-SUPAERO Foundation is a state approved association
whose main mission is to support the advancement of the national and
international reputation of ISAE, to develop research and the international
mobility of students, lecturers and researchers and to encourage social
openness.
ISAE is a higher educational institution located in Toulouse
(southern France) established following the merger of two colleges (SUPAERO
founded in 1909 and ENSICA founded in 1945). It offers 22 Masters and
Specialised Masters programmes of the highest international standard. Each
year, ISAE welcomes foreign students, particularly those from India and is
therefore keen to develop its profile in India.
MBDA would like to support the international popularity of
ISAE, especially in the context of its links with India, by establishing a
Programme designed to finance the studies of Indian students and young
professionals at Masters or Specialised Masters level at ISAE.
This Programme will, as of the 2014 academic year, offer
advantageous scholarships to 24 Indian students (eight students over three
successive study programmes) thereby advancing their education in the
aeronautics field. These scholarships will cover course fees as well as
contributing to the living expenses of the students involved.
Olivier Zarrouati, President of the ISAE-SUPAERO Foundation
and CEO of Zodiac Aerospace: “I am very pleased by the signing of the agreement
establishing this new Programme which paves the way for a new model in the
relationship that ISAE would like to develop with the aerospace industry. After
the creation of a Chair heading Innovation Management in 2011 and of another,
set up this year, in the aircraft design field, the Foundation is now
supporting the Institute as it strives to strengthen its links with India. This
aligns perfectly with the Foundation’s new development dynamic to benefit the
ISAE”
Olivier Fourure, General Director of ISAE: “Since 2007, the
development of ISAE Masters courses given in English has resulted in the
Institute having a very high visibility amongst Indian universities and
students of aeronautics and space. The “MBDA Programme of Excellence for India
at ISAE” will allow MBDA to benefit, as a major European partner of the
Institute, from this reputation and at the same time help to attract some of
the brightest of Indian students to ISAE”.
Antoine Bouvier, CEO of MBDA: “The development of strategic
partnerships with certain major countries forms a key element of MBDA’s
development strategy. Supporting the education in France of foreign students at
the highest technical and technological levels will contribute very effectively
to the implementation of this strategy aimed at firmly establishing MBDA in
major countries like India who are keen to develop industrial centres of
excellence with us”.
Note to editors:
With a significant presence in five European
countries and the USA, in 2012 MBDA achieved a turnover of 3 billion euros with
an order book of 9.8 billion euros. With more than 90 armed forces customers in
the world, MBDA is a world leader in missiles and missile systems.
MBDA is the only group capable of designing
and producing missiles and missile systems that correspond to the full range of
current and future operational needs of the three armed forces (land, sea and
air). In total, the group offers a range of 45 missile systems and countermeasures
products already in operational service and more than 15 others currently in
development.
MBDA is jointly held by BAE SYSTEMS
(37.5%), EADS (37.5%) and FINMECCANICA (25%)
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