Aerospace Valley

Role

Description of your aviation region

Aerospace Valley is one of the world leading competitiveness clusters entirely dedicated to the sectors of aeronautics, space and drones.

Vision/ Missons

Supporting our members growth and competitiveness through innovation.

Year of creation

2005

Region

Occitanie & Nouvelle Aquitaine

Facts & Figures of regional aerospace

Number of companies

25 leading groups, 35 training organization, 22 research centers, 730 SMEs /Mid-Caps/ & startups

Number of research institutes

Numbers of public authorities

Other cluster members

100

Number of employees of all aerospace actors

154,000

Cluster Management

Organizational form

Non-profit association, French law "1901"

Financing

70% private (mainly members’ fees) – 30% public (mix of national, regional and local authorities)

Main Actors

Main industry actors

Main research institutes

Research centers:

Universities & engineering schools:

Product worlds

Cluster management services for members

Innovation support (support to RDI projects emergence, access to regional,national and EU funding, access to private fundings, and business acceleration for start-ups and scale-ups)
Organization of events & networking events
Support to members development (business development, training, skills and competences)

Best practice of International collaborations of cluster management

Identification of reliable international partners and building-up relationships of trust
Mutual host of delegations (both business and R&D) and related organization of workshops
Extensive European Activities both on cluster management level (such as EACP) and for our members (Horizon Europe and other EU programmes)