Sciences, Ingénierie et Technologies

ADVANCED MASTER® Aeronautics Operational Sustainment for State Aircraft (AOSSA)

  • Niveau d'étude visé

    BAC +6

  • Diplôme

    Mastère spécialisé

  • Domaine(s) d'étude

    Ingénierie aéronautique et spatiale

  • Accessible en

    Formation initiale, Formation continue

  • Établissements

    ISAE - SUPAERO

Présentation

 

A high-level training starting in September 2025 for managers looking for an in-depth understanding of the current processes, methods, and challenges involved in maintaining state aircraft in operational condition.

Objectifs

Maintaining state aircraft in operational condition is a major challenge for the eight  French employment authorities (the French Air Force and Space Force, the French Navy, the French Army, the French Gendarmerie, the Directorate General for Civil Security, the Directorate General for Customs and Excise, and the Directorate General for Armaments, National Police). The search for maximum availability of aircraft, using methods known as operational excellence in an environment requiring a high level of aeronautical safety, calls on specific multi-field skills and knowledge. The French Air and Space Force Academy and ISAE-SUPAERO offer you Post-Master Degree in Aeronautics Operational sustainment for State Aircraft  (AM Aero OpS SA). This high-level dual civil/military course is designed to train aeronautics operational sustainment managers who are aware of the challenges of a constantly changing digital environment, from the design phase of a support system to the management of a state fleet in a state operational environment.

Savoir-faire et compétences

Analysing the operation of a state aircraft and understanding the technical constraints specific to the military air environment;

Participating in the development and improvement of a support system for a fleet of state aircraft;

Assess risks and threats of maintenance operations on state aircraft environment for optimizing decision-making process.

Operating and supporting a fleet of state aircraft in a constrained and digital operational environment;

Implementing tools to optimize production management processes of state aircraft based on operational excellence;

Understanding the specific challenges of maintaining operational readiness during a high-intensity conflict.

Admission

Conditions d'admission

The applicants must hold the following degrees:

  • Master’s Degree or an equivalent degree
  • Or a Bachelor’s Degree with at least 3 years of professional experience
  • International degree equivalent to the aforementioned degrees.

For candidates who do not meet these conditions but can justify 5 years of significant professional experience, these programs can be accessed via the Validation of Professional and Personal Acquisitions - VAPP

Programme

UNIT 1: Understanding an aeronautical system - 10 ECTS

  • Engines powerplant, structure & materials;
  • Flight dynamics;
  • Aircraft general systems;
  • Certification & initial airworthiness.

UNIT 2: Design of an aircraft design support - 5 ECTS

  • Operational reliability;
  • Maintenance Steering Group-3;
  • Integrated logistics support.

 

UNIT 3: Concepts, processes & regulation for state aircraft: - 13 ECTS 

  • Contracts & supply chain management;
  • State aircraft airworthiness;
  • Air safety & state aircraft.

 

UNIT 4 : Innovative Tools & méthods for aeronautics operational sustainment - 12 ECTS

  • State aircraft fleet production management;
  • Lean management & maintenance scheduling;
  • Predictive maintenance & additive manufacturing.

 

UNIT 5 : Operational readiness in air operations: 5 ECTS

  • Maintenance techniques in operational environment;
  • High level conferences & round tables on operational sustainment during operations;
  • Serious Game for operational readiness of state aircraft.

 

Professional thesis associated with company mission: 30 ECTS - 6 MONTHS

 

TRAINING SCHEDULE

Five units with more than 460 hours given in English. Unit 1 and Unit 2 will take place at the ISAESupaero site in Toulouse. Unit 3, 4 and 5 will take place at the EAE site in Salon-de-Provence. It is followed by a four to six-month mission in the private sector which concludes the program.

Et après...

Insertion professionnelle

CAREER OUTCOMES

Engineer manager/Maintenance program officer;

Continuing Airworthiness Management Organisation (CAMO) manager;

Airworthiness engineer;

Manager/Officer in state aircraft maintenance unit;

Project Manager  in state aircraft operational sustainment;

Responsible for state aircraft sustainment in state organizations, possibly in the Defense sector, international organizations, or even industrial organizations;

Security manager for a fleet of state aircrafts;

Consulting firm expertise: audit, consulting, trainer in the space and defense fields.

Contact(s)

For more information, please visit the TAS AERO Advanced Master webpage

If you have any question

- if you are a student, please contact info-programmes @ isae-supaero.fr

- if you are a professional, please contact info.exed @ isae-supaero.fr

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Accessibilité des lieux et modalités d’enseignement aux étudiants en situation de handicap

The Advanced Master is accessible to persons with disabilities (PSH).

In the event that a learner is in a situation of disability, his or her needs (whatever they are educational, material, technical, human, etc.) are taken into account by the ISAE-SUPAERO’s Disability Advisor. ISAE-SUPAERO provides the expertise, the tools, and the networks needed to facilitate the access to premises and resources, to prepare certifications and take examinations.