José Neves
President message
AED Cluster Portugal
AED Cluster Portugal involves more than 100 Portuguese entities, working in the Aeronautics, Space and Defence sectors. Our Companies, Institutes and Academia share significant synergies in multiple industrial, research and engineering domains.
As President, I am very proud of the results achieved so far by the cluster while promoting the growth of the Portuguese ecosystem, which has already given proof of its value and it is, still, facing a big growth potential, capable to cope with the challenges these industrial sectors are facing.
At AED we strongly believe that the efforts and initial investments, already performed by our associates (and their outstanding human capital), will foster a consolidated and fruitful future for the Cluster at a global level.
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Aeronautics
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Space
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Defence
AED Cluster Portugal and idD Portugal Defence are organizing a joint participation in Euronaval between the 18th and 21st of October. Portugal will have a national stand and the delegation will have more than a dozen companies participating in one of the biggest events in Europe for the Naval and Defense markets.
One of the main Aviation and Aeronautics events in Portugal, with one of the biggest Airshows in Iberia, provided by the Municipality of Ponte de Sor. AED is an institutional partner and will be present with a stand, from the 12th to the 15th of October.
For the second year, the EACP (European Aerospace Cluster Partnership) organizes an event dedicated to companies from the european Aerospace Clusters. In this edition, which takes place digitally from 21 to 23 September, we'll have a Conference and B2B Meetings under the motto “Survival of the Greenest - The Path to Carbon-Neutral Aviation”.
The International Astronautical Congress brings together the main stakeholders (industrial and governmental) of the space sector and takes place from the 18th to the 22nd of September. AED will be present, accompanying the Portuguese Space Agency and delegation of national companies.
AuxDefense 2022 — 3rd World Conference on Advanced Materials for Defense is organized by the University of Minho and sponsored by the Portuguese Ministry of National Defense. It’s focused on the latest scientific and technical novelties in advanced materials for Defense, including equipment and soldier protective systems.
The Trade Commissioner Service of Canada is organising a Virtual Mission to Europe for its Aerospace companies. This mission consists in webinars and B2B Meetings to stimulate the business opportunites between Canada and some European countries. AED will participate representing Portugal in webinars and inviting its members to participate.
The first edition of the event organised by the Students of Aeronautics Engineering of the Atlântica University Institute aims to gather the future engineers of the institute along with the companies of the national aerospace sector (information available in Portuguese only).
