GIFAS - Groupement des Industries Françaises Aéronautiques et Spatiales

Description

The French Aerospace Industries Association (GIFAS) is an industry body that brings together some 538 companies ranging from main prime contractors and system suppliers to SMEs and startups. They form a cohesive, hard-driving high-technology sector specializing in the design, development, construction, marketing and maintenance of all aeronautical and space programmes and equipment, both civilian and military planes and defence and security systems. Members : 17 aircraft and system manufacturers, 167 equipment suppliers (GEADS – Group of Aerospace, Defence and Space Equipment Manufacturers), 230 SMEs (AERO-SME Committee), 106 startups (StartAir) and 18 associate members. GIFAS, an industry whose 2025 sales amounted to €85.6bn, with 74% in civil aviation and 26% in defence. As the leading contributor to France’s positive foreign trade balance, the sector generates 70% of its consolidated sales accounted for exports. It directly employs 230,500 people. Every two years, GIFAS organizes the Paris Air Show, the world’s top event of its kind. The 56 th Paris-Le Bourget Air Show will run from 14 to 20 June 2027.