Aeronautics

Airbus Group world HQ: 27,000 employees in Toulouse

• 65 000 indirect jobs in 450 companies
• 25% of French R&D in aeronautics and space (€2bn from Airbus Aircraft/year)
• 630 aircrafts delivered by Airbus and ATR in 2021

Two main sites dedicated to aeronautics:

• Saint Martin du Touch: 1st French industrial plant with 650ha et 40.000 employees
• Toulouse Aerospace: New research and development campus in aeronautics, space and embedded systems of 56ha

All the key-steps of the aircraft industry are in Toulouse: from the design, the certification, the manufacturing, the assembly, up to flight tests.

Toulouse, an ecosystem turned towards the technologies of tomorrow:

• Energy-efficient aircraft: more electric, new materials, green propulsion
• Intelligent aircraft: more connected, SPO
• Smart manufacturing

Research and laboratories directly supporting aerospace:
ONERA the national aerospace laboratory.
the IRT Saint-Exupéry research institute.
laboratories such as CIRIMAT; Laplace; CRITT.

Engineering schools (130,000 students annually) are a pool of talents for companies:
ENAC: the French school for pilots and air trac control.
ISAE - SUPAERO: world leader in aerospace engineering.
ENSEEIHT: electronics, mechanics and telecom engineering.
INP-ENSIACET: chemical, material, and industrial engineering. 
IPSA: engineering school in aeronautics, space and sustainable mobility.

Photo - ENAC School

The global cluster Aerospace Valley based in Toulouse represents the largest European labor pool in aeronautics and space. The team is dedicated to fostering innovation:

• the Aerospace Valley has funded 615 R&D projects which represent 1.52M€ in 2021  
• the cluster collaborates on European projects: CleanSky, H2020, Horizon Europe
• with 2 weekly events on specific topics

www.aerospace-valley.com