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INDEX

• The Cluster

– Mission & Role

– Partners

– Path to excellence

• Networks and Collaborative

Environments

• Recent Projects

– Studies and Reports

– Other activities

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INGENIO Satellite (HISDESAT)

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CLUSTER MISSION

• Contribute to the development of the

aerospace sector in the Madrid Region

• Promote innovation and development of

the aerospace industry and technology

• Help aerospace companies get involved in

European projects

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Formation flying NH90 and TIGER (AIRBUS HELICOPTERS)

PAZ Satellite (CSIC)

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• The Cluster acts as the axis of the triple

helix model

CLUSTER ROLE

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CLUSTER ROLE

• Cluster role:

– Natural liaison of innovative companies

– Neutral liaison with universities and research &

technology centres

– Institutional contact facilitator:

• National Government

• Regional Government

• City Councils

– Members compete and cooperate with each

other

– Highly professionalized management

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CLUSTER ROLE

• Manage contacts with public

administration in different levels:

– National

– Regional

– Local

• Help external entities to:

– Identify projects of their interest in the

scope of the aerospace technologies

– Connect the appropriate

cluster partners

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CLUSTER PARTNERS: DISTRIBUTION

• More than 50 highly innovative and

technological partners

– 4% Public administration

– 26% Large companies

– 6% Universities & Research centres

– 64% SME’s

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CLUSTER PARTNERS: LARGE COMPANIES

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CLUSTER PARTNERS: SMES (I)

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CLUSTER PARTNERS: SMES (& II)

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CLUSTER PARTNERS: KNOWLEDGE

CENTRES

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Special Collaborations

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PATH TO EXCELLENCE. MILESTONES

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The Cluster

Establishment

2006

Awarded as Excellent by the Spanish

Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade

2007

2008

Registered as an

Innovative Business Grouping

First Spanish Aerospace Cluster awarded with the

Cluster Management Excellence Label Bronze

2014

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CLUSTER’S NETWORKS AND

COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENTS

• Partner of the European Aerospace

Cluster Partnership

– Network of aerospace clusters within Europe

• Partner of the Network of European

REgions using Space technologies

– Initiative by regions from all over Europe

emphasized in the use of space technologies

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Networks

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CLUSTER’S NETWORKS AND

COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENTS

• Participating in Copernicus Programme

– European programme for the establishment of

a European capacity for Earth Observation

• Member of EEN (through Madrid Network)

– European initiative, with more than 600

business support organizations spread over 50

countries, providing specialized professional

assistance to companies and research groups

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Networks

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CLUSTER’S NETWORKS AND

COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENTS

• Member of SME4SPACE

– Panel of SMEs Associations of the ESA

Member States

• Honorary member of SPACE (Supply

chain Progress towards Aeronautical

Community Excellence)

– Association with the aim of improve and

develop sustainably the industrial performance

and competitiveness of supply chains of the

civil aeronautical industry

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Networks

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STUDIES AND REPORTS

• Contribution to the 2012 h&z study:

– Study if the current state of aerospace

suppliers within an increasingly globalized

supply chain

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INTERNATIONALIZATION AND COMPETITIVENESS

OF AEROSPACE SUPPLIERS

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Report Cover (2012)

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STUDIES AND REPORTS

• Development of the study:

– Analysis of the current state of such a relevant

sector in Spain and Madrid Region

– Development of recommendations so that the

Space Sector continue to be as important as it

is nowadays

– The study is going to be publically presented,

and published very soon

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EL SECTOR ESPACIO EN LA COMUNIDAD DE MADRID.

ANÁLISIS Y PERSPECTIVAS

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STUDIES AND REPORTS

• Collaboration with the General Direction

for Industry, Energy and Mines in the study

on the aeronautic sector within Madrid

Region

– Technical support

– Link between aeronautic companies and study

developers

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RAAF A330 MRTT refuelling two F18 (AIRBUS DEFENCE & SPACE)

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OTHER ACTIVITIES

• UAVs Working Group

– Fully formed by Cluster partner entities

– Study on the international regulation on UAVs

• Used as a base to make suggestions to the AESA

while developing RD-l 8/2014

– Study on the radio frequency allocation

towards the integration of civil Remotely-

Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) in the

European airspace

• Ongoing activity developed in close collaboration

with the SETSI

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USOL K1-II (UNMANNED SOLUTIONS)

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OTHER ACTIVITIES

• Lean Management workshops

– Application of the Lean philosophy along the

aeronautic supply chain

– After the successful first edition, Madrid

Aerospace Cluster is preparing a new one

• Covering a wider scope, taking into account even

auxiliary processes that affects in the main one.

– To begin in January, 2015.

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Airbus A400M altitude tests (AIRBUS DEFENCE & SPACE)

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OTHER ACTIVITIES

• Finalising the setting of new working

groups and initiatives

– Embarked Systems

– Supply Chain

– Training

– …

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Contact info:

Phone: +34 913 997 587 Fax: +34 914 414 155

www.madridaerospace.es @MadridAeroSpace

General manager: Eugenio Fontán eugenio.fontan@madridnetwork.org

@EugenioFontan

Deputy manager: Enrique Gómez enrique.gomez@madridnetwork.org