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Guy LARNAC

Guy LARNAC

R&T directorate, ArianeGroup
France

Biography:

  • 1995 - 1990 (Aerospatiale) In charge of ceramic and glass ceramic composite development for Hermes shuttle project and ramjet for hypersonic Mach 12 airplane rocket
  • 1995 - 2000 In charge of composite electron beam curing development for military and civil propulsion programs.
  • 2000 - 2012 (EADS) Head of Materials and Technologies lab for organic and ceramic matrix composites, thermal protection systems for military and civil re-entry, paint and surface treatment of composite and metals.
  • 2012-2024 Technical Domain coordinator for R&T activities dealing with materials, structures, mechanisms and industrialization. o Airbus Defense and Space representative for Airbus R&T network (Till Ariane Group transformation) o ArianeGroup In charge of cooperation & strategy for materials, structures and industrialization and defining technology roadmaps for Ariane Group.  
  • 2020-2024 Sampe Europe Vice president and then president.

About ArianeGroup:

We're building a European future for space, based on cutting-edge technologies that serve life on Earth, the common good and a safer world. To achieve this mission, ArianeGroup is developing a unique set of skills to guarantee the highest level of performance for our institutional, commercial and industrial customers: design and development of reliable and competitive launchers in a context of industrialization of the space sector; support for the democratization of access to space through the development of more sober and accessible solutions; mastery of the most advanced technologies, from propulsion systems to equipment, including composite materials; leveraging our dual vocation - civil and military - through the development of technologies likely to benefit sectors as varied as defense, the navy, transport or energy.

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