Institut aéronautique et spatial (IAS) is the French aeronautical industry's education coordinator. IAS was created in 1980 and is located in Toulouse.[1] It is directly under the supervision of GIFAS (French Aerospace Industries Association) international committee.[2] IAS’members are the major aeronautics & space companies such as (EADS Group, Safran Group, Thales Group, Dassault Aviation, Airbus, Eurocopter,….. and the aerospace equipment group including SME’s.)
The aim of IAS is to develop a network of international partners, major players in the aeronautical space field in their countries, using 3 main vectors[3]: