By 2020-03-03T11:34:00+00:00 FRANCE: A 5·5 km extension of Bordeaux tram Line D was opened on February 29 connecting Mairie du Bouscat to Eysines Cantinolle The €250m project included nine stops and two car parks which have all entered opened on the same day Line D now runs 9·8 km from Carle Vernet to Eysines Cantinolle including 4 km which is shared with Line C A further extension of Line D northwest towards Le Taillan-Médoc and Saint-Médard-en-Jalles is currently being planned FRANCE: A 5 km branch of Bordeaux tram Route A from Quatre Chemins to Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport was opened for revenue service at noon on April 29 The extension is single track with passing points at the five stops FRANCE: Nouvelle-Aquitaine region has announced the first tentative steps towards the development of a proposed regional express network around Bordeaux Bordeaux Métropole and Nouvelle-Aquitaine signed an accord in December 2018 to work on the development of an RER network to serve the Bordeaux metropolitan area over the .. FRANCE: Brittany Ferries has announced plans to launch its first rail motorway service in 2021 a 980 km landbridge carrying unaccompanied lorry trailers between the Channel port of Cherbourg and Mouguerre close to the Spanish border near Bayonne The rail service is intended to complement its .. Site powered by Webvision Cloud ArianeGroup has awarded French aerospace manufacturer and logistics provider Daher a €60 million contract to handle all its logistics needs across the company’s facilities in France ArianeGroup successfully tested the M51.3 submarine-launched ballistic missile the company followed up with a successful inaugural flight of its Ariane 6 heavy-lift rocket the company is moving quickly to ramp up production of both systems A key element of this ramp-up is logistics According to a 16 December Daher press release the company has managed ArianeGroup’s industrial logistics operations since 2018 details about this original agreement appear to be more complicated Daher announced plans to acquire the aerospace logistics company Transports Chabrillac A press release dated 5 December 2022 described Transports Chabrillac as “satellite and launcher transport specialists” serving clients such as Airbus Daher seems to have inherited its partnership with the builders of the Ariane 6 rocket Daher will be responsible for logistics across all ArianeGroup facilities in France for the next five years This includes a total of eight facilities located in Le Haillan “We are proud to continue supporting ArianeGroup in this new strategic phase,” said Didier Kayat we are committed to addressing the challenges of Ariane 6’s ramp-up and contributing to ArianeGroup’s industrial excellence.” ArianeGroup is currently working towards the second flight of its Ariane 6 rocket All major elements of the rocket have been transported to French Guiana and are currently being integrated The launch is expected to occur in the first quarter of 2024 with the rocket carrying the CSO-3 spy satellite for the French armed forces Help European Spaceflight continue to go after stories that are too often overlooked The photos show an EDM Thermal Protection System (TPS) sample before (left) and after (right) plasma wind tunnel tests at Astrium’s Simoun facility TPS tests conducted in January 2011 demonstrated that the selected materials (tiles and filler for the inter-tiles joints) were suitable for the EDM