CAUC, Thales sign MOU

The Civil Aviation University of China (CAUC) and French Thales Group signed a memorandum of understanding on July 17 in Beijing to establish long-term and multi-way exchange and cooperation in education and research areas. CAUC President Wu Tongshui, Vice President Xu Xiaohao, and Guy Delevacque, Thales International Department Asia president, signed the MOU. Vice Minister Wang Changshun of the Civil Aviation Administration of China and Thales President Denis Ranque attended the signing ceremony. Under the agreement, Thales Group will participate and support CAUC’s China-Europe Aviation Engineering College project, and develop cooperation with CAUC on air traffic management training center construction and related civil aviation area research. Thales Group will also donate a Eurocat air traffic simulative training system to CAUC. Both commit to cultivating high-level aviation engineering and technical management personnel for China’s civil aviation air traffic management system.