Distretto Tecnologico Aerospaziale della Campania Scarl

Cluster description

Role

Description of your aviation region

DAC is participated by 166 direct and indirect partners, including 32 large Companies, 15 Research Organizations and 119 SMEs and other entities. DAC represent most of the regional aerospace stakeholders.

Vision/ Missons

The mission of the Campania Aerospace District is to foster collaboration among research centers, universities, and companies to create business opportunities and growth, including training and innovation for young engineers/technicians.

Year of creation

2012

Region

Campania, Italy

Facts & Figures of regional aerospace

Number of companies

151

Number of research institutes

Other cluster members

Number of employees of all aerospace actors

8,284 direct. Rising to more than 30,000 considering indirect and derived employment.

Cluster Management

Organizational form

Limited liability consortium company

Financing

Competitive grants

Main Actors

Main industry actors

Leonardo
MA Group
OHB Italia
MBDA Italia
Geven
Atitech
Telespazio
ALA
Tecnam
Adler Aero
etc.

Main research institutes

CIRA (Italian Aerospace Research Center)
CNR (National Research Council)
ENEA (National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development)
INAF (National Institute for Astrophysics)
etc.

Cluster Competence and Strategy

Product worlds

Technologies for Commercial Aviation, General & Business Aviation, MRO, Space and Launchers, Propulsion

Cluster management services for members

Project proposals elaboration, Project coordination, Administrative and technical project management, Project accounting

Best practice of International collaborations of cluster management

Collective trade mission to Turkish clusters for meetings with aerospace companies (11–15 May 2025)
Vilnius Space Days 2025
A&T Torino – editions 2023, 2024
Veneto Space Meetings – editions 2023, 2024, 2025
S. Marino Aerospace 2023
Swiss Tech Tour 2023
IAC Paris 2022
Space Comm Expo UK Farnborough 2022
EXPO Dubai 2021-2022
WMD (World Metrology Day) – editions 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
Industry 4.0 development and dissemination 2018
A&DM - Aerospace & Defense Meetings Torino - editions 2021, 2023, 2025
Expo Ferroviaria, Milano - editions 2021, 2023, 2025
Mediterranean Aerospace Matching – editions 2021, 2024, 2025
EACP Virtual B2B Aerospace Applications & Technologies 2021
A&DM Siviglia – editions 2016, 2021(virtual event)
Aerospace & Defense Supplier Summit Seattle – editions 2020 (virtual event), 2021 (virtual event), 2022
ILA Berlino 2020 (virtual event)
NSE (New Space Economy)– editions 2019, 2022, 2023
Spacecomexpo, Houston 2018
BIAT- editions 2018, 2020 (virtual event), 2022
Aeromart Toulouse – editions 2018, 2020 (virtual event) 2022, 2024
International Paris Air Show, Le Bourget – editions 2017, 2019, 2023, 2025
Aeromart Montreal – editions 2017, 2025
Aerospace Meetings Brazil, 2017
Dubai Airshow - editions 2017, 2021, 2023
Meeting with B.O.I.- Board of Investment of Thailand “Thailandia: le opportunità di investimento nel settore Aerospaziale ed Aeronautico”, 2017
Iran-Italy Science, Technology and Innovation Forum, 2017
Egypt-Italy Workshop on Challenges & Opportunities of SMEs in Egypt, Cairo, 2017
AERO Friedrichshafen, 2016
China-Italy Week, 2016
Farnborough Air Show - editions 2016, 2018, 2022, 2024
SMAU - editions 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 (virtual event)