Future Aerospace Network
Future Aerospace Network is a network of the aerospace industry in the Stuttgart region and brings together regional players from business, science and politics.
Purpose of the network
The network focuses on six topics:
- Plenary to network the actors inside / outside the aviation and space industry
- Innovation to promote and use innovation potential
- Recruiting to support the topic of skills shortages
- Marketing to position the industry
- Fundraising for advice on funding
- Internationalization to support SMEs in opening up foreign markets
The objective of the project is to position the Stuttgart region and the state of Baden-Württemberg as aerospace locations and to increase the competitiveness of the aerospace industry. The actors are to be networked with one another and with other industries through cluster management. The aim is to identify market potential and the associated new products and business models through the exchange of ideas and information.
Training and further education, the implementation of cross-sector user workshops and the mediation of innovation partnerships as well as the provision of a database (LuRa-Wiki) should enable SMEs in particular to react to the requirements of the large system providers. The need for skilled workers is addressed by making children and young people aware of and interested in the subject of aerospace and related fields with the help of the DLR School Lab and targeted information events at universities.
Foundation and financing
The project was initiated by:
- Aerospace Forum Baden-Württemberg eV (LR BW)
- Faculty of aerospace engineering and geodesy (LRT) at the University of Stuttgart
- State capital Stuttgart
- Stuttgart Region Economic Development Corporation (WRS)
- Technologie-Transfer-Zentrum Lampoldshausen (TTZ) with the municipality of Hardthausen and the German Aerospace Center (DLR)
- Zweckverband Flugfeld Böblingen / Sindelfingen
The network is funded by the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Economic Affairs and funds from the European Fund for Regional Competitiveness and Employment ( ERDF ).
Awards
In 2008, the Future Aerospace Network was a prizewinner at the regional cluster competition of the state of Baden-Württemberg and was awarded by Economics Minister Ernst Pfister .
Individual evidence
- ^ FAN - Future Aerospace Network. (No longer available online.) In: Cluster database Baden-Württemberg. Ministry of Finance and Economics Baden-Württemberg, archived from the original on July 8, 2012 ; Retrieved October 9, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Future Aerospace Network among the winners of the Baden-Württemberg cluster competition. City of Sindelfingen, November 4, 2008, accessed on March 15, 2010 .
