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.