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Max Duez is a master’s student at ENSTA and the University of Brest (UBO). This summer, he decided to take on a sporting challenge with his friend Pol: to cover 500 kilometers by wingfoil along the coast of Brittany. It’s a human and charitable adventure...

About 40 IETA military students marched on July 14, 2026, on the Champs-Élysées on behalf of ENSTA and the DGA. For the past three weeks, they had been preparing together for this major event for the French armed forces, whose theme was “Europe’s...

During the double earthquake that struck Venezuela on June 24, 2026, damage extended as far as Caracas, the capital, more than 150 km from the epicenter. How can such extensive damage be explained at such a great distance? Jean-François Semblat, a...

Whether used for urgent deliveries or autonomous flying taxi services, drones could help solve many of the problems plaguing our congested city centers—provided, that is, that their main nuisance is reduced: that annoying, giant-mosquito-like buzz caused...

Having always been passionate about sailing and the maritime world, Gaspard Carfantan has built his professional and personal life around this passion. At 23, he divides his time between competitive sailing and his engineering studies at ENSTA.

On June 24, 2026, ENSTA inaugurated a new air-sea experimental basin on its Brest campus: an exceptional facility for ocean research that combines a test basin with a drone flight enclosure. Its vast dimensions and permeability to satellite waves make it...

The Lindau Meetings are an international scientific forum that brings together dozens of Nobel laureates and some of the world’s most promising young researchers each year. Founded in 1951, these meetings aim to foster dialogue across generations...

A recent recipient of the Irène Joliot-Curie Prize, Maïmouna Bocoum began her distinguished academic career at ENSTA. While she has come a long way since then, she still occasionally consults her class notes when she needs to familiarize herself with a...

For over five years, the Lords of the Ocean team—founded by two ENSTA graduates—has been crisscrossing the seas in search of large sharks. They dive to help us understand them better, combat our preconceptions, and protect them more effectively. In 2026...

From June 17 to 20, Paris Expo Porte de Versailles will host the 2026 edition of Viva Technology, Europe’s largest innovation and technology trade show. ENSTA will be represented there by four startups from its ecosystem, with the head of the ENSTARTUPS...

Édouard Berthelon, a sophomore at the ENSTA Paris-Saclay campus, received the special prize for scientific fiction at the 17th annual Nouvelles Avancées contest on May 20, 2026, during a ceremony at the Panthéon.

On June 9, the ENSTA Paris-Saclay campus will host the fourth edition of Opération CIEDS, the defense and security conference organized by the Interdisciplinary Center for Defense and Security Studies (CIEDS) at the Institut Polytechnique de Paris. This...