On 13 March 2025, Dr. Bálint Vanek, senior researcher at HUN-REN SZTAKI’s Systems and Control Lab and lead researcher of ARNL, was invited to deliver a technical presentation at ONERA – The French Aerospace Lab in Toulouse, titled: “Future Perspectives of Active Flutter Suppression Technologies Based on Recent Flight Tests”.
The presentation showcased HUN-REN SZTAKI’s key contributions and coordination roles in the FLEXOP and FliPASED H2020 research projects, both of which played a pivotal role in pushing the boundaries of active aeroelastic control in Europe. Dr. Vanek provided an overview of the experimental flight campaigns carried out as part of these projects, emphasizing the world-first active flutter suppression flight tests successfully executed by a consortium of leading European aerospace institutions: HUN-REN SZTAKI, TUM, DLR, and ONERA.
A special moment of the visit was the location itself: the presentation was held in ONERA’s “Rudolf Kálmán” conference room, named in honour of the world-renowned Hungarian-American control theorist. Dr. Kálmán’s legacy in modern estimation and control theory added symbolic depth to the discussion of high-tech flight control solutions developed by Hungarian researchers at HUN-REN SZTAKI.
The visit further strengthened the long-standing collaboration between HUN-REN SZTAKI and ONERA and underscored Hungary’s ongoing contribution to advanced aerospace research and flight safety in Europe, which are also ARNL's core research topics.