Brazilian Aerospace Cluster

Role

Description of your aviation region

Brazil's main aerospace hub, centered in São José dos Campos, with national coverage.

Vision/ Missons

Deliver integrated, innovative and sustainable solutions with excellence to the global aerospace and defense market.

Year of creation

2006

Region

Brazil

Facts & Figures of regional aerospace

Number of companies

150+

Number of research institutes

Numbers of public authorities

Other cluster members

ABIMDE (Defense Industries), AIAB (Aerospace Industries), ABAG (General Aviation), CBRAEND (Brazilian Aerospace NDT Board).

Number of employees of all aerospace actors

+30,000

Cluster Management

Organizational form

Non-profit, private association. The cluster operates within the São José dos Campos Technology and Innovation Park.

Financing

Hybrid public-private model: 70% public funded projects; 20% Management contract; 10% Membership fees.

Main Actors

Main industry actors

Main research institutes

ITA (Aeronautics Institute of Technology)
INPE (National Institute for Space Research)
DCTA / IEAv (Institute for Advanced Studies / Aerospace Science and Technology Department)
IPT (Institute for Technological Research)

Product worlds

Aeronautics (commercial, executive and military aircraft components and systems)
Space (satellites, launchers, ground segment, Earth observation, New Space applications)
Defense (radars, sensors, electronic warfare, surveillance systems)
Drones / UAVs
MRO - Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul
Engineering & Consulting Services (simulation, certification, training)
Advanced Manufacturing (machining, composites, structures, avionics, electronic systems)

Cluster management services for members

Bimonthly member meetings
Business matchmaking
Market Intelligence
International missions
Soft Landing program for foreign companies entering Brazil
NADCAP Accreditation Consultancy Program
Technical training: Aeronautical Familiarization, Aeronautical Assembly, Aeronautical Composites
ESG workshops and maturity diagnostics
Export maturity assessment and internationalization support

Best practice of International collaborations of cluster management

Member of the Global Aerospace Cluster Partnership (GACP)
MoUs with: Netherlands Aerospace Group - NAG (Netherlands), Aviation Valley (Poland)
Active institutional cooperation with Flanders Aerospace / Skywin (Belgium/Wallonia)
Bilateral business events and reverse trade missions hosted in São José dos Campos

Director / President

International relations