Aerospace

Excellence in aviation, aerospace, and space applications

Bavaria is one of the most prestigious aviation and aerospace locations in Europe. Approximately 38,000 employees generate a turnover of more than €11 billion a year. Bavaria stands for total system capacity and covers the complete value chain in the civil as well as military aviation and aerospace segments – from research and development to production to in-service support and service providers, such as users of aerospace data.

The enterprise landscape ranges from small innovative suppliers to multinational groups; with 18 Bavarian research institutes and universities, the research infrastructure is optimally formed. An extensive start-up community is developing in Bavaria, benefiting from good contacts with customers and clients as well as extensive support on the way to market entry.

Objectives and focus areas

Aviation, aerospace, and aerospace applications are important growth and innovation drivers for the Bavarian economy. bavAIRia e. V. headquartered in Oberpfaffenhofen has extended its cluster management with over 320 members since it was founded in 2006. The predominant objective is to increase international competitiveness of the industry in Bavaria. Prioritized action fields include strategic direction, technology transfer, marketing/international visibility, supply chain management, and the training and further education of specialists. Various event formats are offered, such as working groups, seminars, and bavAIRia business breakfasts devoted to current topics, for example, digitalization, project management, and export control.

Current key topics in aviation

Networking industry players on current topics
Pursuing current issues under Bavaria’s aviation/aerospace strategy (unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), supply chain management, Copernicus, GNSS)
Knowledge and technology transfer
National and international projects with Bavarian industry partners and research institutions

The cluster has an extensive network of contacts with companies, research institutions, ministries, public authorities, aerospace agencies, and cluster organizations both domestically and abroad, which is used in particular to support internationalization.

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