Institut aéronautique et spatial (IAS) is the
French aeronautical industry's education coordinator. IAS was created in 1980 and is located in
Toulouse
Toulouse ( , ; oc, Tolosa ) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger Regions of France, region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania. The city is on t ...
. It is directly under the supervision of
GIFAS
The Groupement des industries françaises aéronautiques et spatiales (abbreviated GIFAS) is the French Aerospace Industries Association created in 1908, featuring more than 260 members. The first name of the association was ''Association des Indu ...
(French Aerospace Industries Association) international committee. IAS’members are the major aeronautics & space companies such as
EADS
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Group,
Safran
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Group,
Thales Group
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,
Dassault Aviation
Dassault Aviation SA () is a French manufacturer of military aircraft and business jets.
It was founded in 1929 by Marcel Bloch as Société des Avions Marcel Bloch or "MB". After World War II, Marcel Bloch changed his name to Marcel D ...
,
Airbus
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,
Eurocopter
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,….. and the aerospace equipment group including SME’s. IAS is member of
.
Aim
The aim of IAS is to develop a network of international partners, major players in the
aeronautical
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space field in their countries, using 3 main vectors:
Institut Aeronautique et Spatial
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* Academic training with graduation;
* Continuing education
Continuing education (similar to further education in the United Kingdom and Ireland) is an all-encompassing term within a broad list of post-secondary learning activities and programs. The term is used mainly in the United States and Canada.
...
and professional trainings;
* Support for research cooperation.
See also
*IAS (disambiguation) IAS may refer to:
Science
* Institute for Advanced Study, in Princeton, New Jersey, United States
* Image Analysis & Stereology, the official journal of the International Society for Stereology & Image Analysis.
* Iowa Archeological Society, U ...
References
External links
IAS website
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Aviation organizations
Trade associations based in France
Technology trade associations
Companies established in 1980