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LAZIO
AEROSPACE
INNOVATION
ECOSYSTEM
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TABLE OF CONTENTS:
1. INTRODUCTION..................................................................................................3
2. FOREWORD.......................................................................................................11
3. WELCOME TO LAZIO.......................................................................................15
I Logistic & Mobility.....................................................................................16
II Lazio at a Glance......................................................................................16
III Lazio Key Indicators................................................................................17
IV All Roads Lead to Rome.........................................................................17
V Why Choose to Invest in Lazio................................................................17
4. THE AEROSPACE ECOSYSTEM IN LAZIO.....................................................19
I The context of reference..........................................................................20
II Industrial Trade Associations and the National Aerospace
Technology Cluster......................................................................................22
III Lazio Aerospace TECHNOLOGY DISTRICT - industry & space
economy sectors of excellence..................................................................28
IV Main players in the Lazio industrial chain...........................................33
V Lazio Research Centers, Universities and Facilities...........................82
VI ESA Business Incubation Center LAZIO..............................................85
VII Tiburtino Technology Park & Tecnopolo SPA...................................88
VIII Castel Romano Technology Park......................................................88
IX Venture Capital & Trans Tech Support For Innovation Ecosystem
Development................................................................................................88
X The main initiatives of the Lazio Region
in support of the Aerospace Technology District (DTA).........................89
5. THE TECHNOLOGICAL VALUE CHAIN OF THE AEROSPACE
TECHNOLOGY DISTRICT OF LAZIO.............................................................91
I Summary of the technological capabilities
of the aerospace sector..............................................................................92
II Strengths: Development Guidelines.....................................................94
III Strengths: Platforms..............................................................................94
IV Strategic development lines – Space sector.........................................94
V Technological Roadmap of the Aerospace
Technology District – Outer Space............................................................95
VI The Technological Roadmap of the DTA – Aeronautical sector.....100
6. LIST OF COMPANIES IN THE AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGICAL DISTRICT
(DTA) OF LAZIO AND THEIR GEOREFERENCED DATA...........................103
I The Link for the Georeferenced Map of the Companies in the
Aerospace Technological District of Lazio (DTA)..................................104
II The QR Code for the Georeferenced Map of the Companies of the
Aerospace Technological District of Lazio (DTA)..................................105
III The List of Companies in the Lazio Aerospace Technological District
(DTA)...........................................................................................................106
1. INTRODUCTION
Photo courtesy of ESA
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Lazio was the first Italian region to participate in Expo 2020 Dubai through
the Italy Pavilion.
Our presence, through the Lazio Region Business Hub at the Italian Chamber
of Commerce in the United Arab Emirates, represents an extremely relevant
strategic prospect to promote the areas of excellence of the Lazio Region,
as it constitutes an extraordinary opportunity to create international
collaborations and partnerships, also technological. These reveal to be
decisive not only in supporting Lazio-based companies in expanding their
business but also in getting to know and disseminating ideas, projects
and initiatives transmitted through the EXPO that, albeit without a purely
or exclusively entrepreneurial genesis, can all the same become a “basis
of inspiration” and collaboration upon which to develop new business
prospects. New business perspectives that can then find in the Lazio Region
Business Hub a catalyst of opportunities capable of offering the best
counselling, training, informational, relational, and technical tools to support
their implementation.
For the Lazio Region, Expo 2020 Dubai is an extraordinary opportunity for
scientific, economic, and cultural diplomacy in promoting the construction
of the new development model we are betting on, hinged on concepts
such as sustainable development, innovation, and internationalization,
which will enable us to make a new start after the pandemic with a new
spirit, in harmony with the planet, according to new key words: connection,
innovation, sustainability, beauty and culture.
Therefore, ours is not a simple presence in Dubai but a tangible opportunity
of global relevance to show all the strengths of Lazio, support its economic
ecosystem, as well as the region’s creativity, innovation, and research
in order to increase investment opportunities and support international
cooperation by promoting regional areas of excellence.
The areas of excellence include the Aerospace sector, which is the subject of
the “White Paper” that we are presenting herein.
Lazio’s vocation for aerospace research dates back to the beginning of the
last century, fruit of a propension for research activities and innovation that
has always been the distinctive hallmark of our region and that has turned
the Aerospace industry into one of the sectors driving regional economic
development. Aerospace also constitutes an essential part of Lazio’s Smart
Specialisation Strategy (S3) for the new 2021-2027 Plan, and represents a
sector capable of attracting strategic projects by virtue of the presence in the
region of an ecosystem of excellence made up of world-renowned universities
and research centres, large corporations and production units owned by
international groups, as well as high value-added SMEs capable of providing
components, services and highly-specialized technical/industrial support.
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The ecosystem that we are about to dwell upon in this document rotates The Universal Exhibition in the United Arab Emirates, in Dubai, will be an
around Lazio’s DTA- Aerospace Technology District which, since 2004, important opportunity for the Country System, the strategic place to rebuild
the year of its establishment, operates as an “aggregator” – with an and strengthen the network of international relations, both commercial and
international outlook – of our Region’s points of excellence, networking cultural, slowed down in the pandemic period.
large corporations, SMEs, research centres, start-ups and innovators to
The theme of the Expo, ‘Connecting Minds, Creating the Future’, is as
support our production’s competitiveness on the global market, offering
topical today as ever precisely because it refers to the ‘connection’ between
innovative solutions for the economy and society, also through the transfer
peoples, countries, cultures and ideas. Dubai, which over time has become
of technology. The strong interaction with universities and research centres
a crossroads between East and West, will offer an important platform for
is precisely one of the points of strength of our ecosystem, a strength that
relaunching and strengthening economic and trade relations with all the
is also perceived and appreciated by international corporations and that
participating countries, of which there will be around two hundred. Expo
enhances the prestige and attractiveness of the Lazio Region for aerospace
2020 Dubai will be the most international and global event in the history of
productions.
World Expos.
Paolo Orneli In order to take full advantage of this opportunity, a Regional Business Hub
Regional Minister for Economic Development, Commerce and Crafts, has been set up in Dubai to support the internationalization of companies
Universities, Research, Start-ups, and Innovation of Lazio from Lazio.
This publication aims to promote the Lazio Region as the Land of Space
at the Expo in Dubai. Lazio has long been home to a complete production
chain, that of the space industry, with high-tech companies and highly
specialised scientific research. This is a highly innovative production model
from a technological point of view, which is also able to meet the new
challenges of the space economy, aimed at improving the quality of life: from
environmental monitoring to precision agriculture, from the management
of natural emergencies to the protection of critical infrastructures and
telemedicine. The region is home to aerospace companies of international
excellence in the fields of electronics, sensors, avionics, innovative
components and materials for space and satellite applications and services,
engaged in consortia and collaborations at international level. The presence
of companies belonging to the entire production chain of the sector
provides an extremely wide range of skills that can ensure the development
of a more intense activity of comparison and international partnership. In
this sector there is research excellence with ten major research centres,
four engineering faculties and several departments and degree courses on
aerospace issues.
The Aerospace District (DTA) is the first Technology District recognised at
national level by the Italian Ministry of Economic Development.
Lazio Region has developed a complex Agenda on Expo themes within
which sectors of strategic importance for the regional dimension have been
identified that the Italian participation in Expo Dubai intends to represent.
These themes relate to the regional sectors that express the highest levels
of innovation, competitiveness, sustainability and international leadership,
including the Aerospace sector.
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The Universal Exposition represents an important and useful opportunity to
enhance the technological innovations and best practices developed in our
region in the priority sectors of the EXPO. Lazio Region will bring to Dubai
the main projects of global interest related to the great economic and social
challenges, under the banner of sustainability, under the claim: “Culture is
Innovation, Sustainability and Wellbeing - Lazio Eternal Discovery”.
Quirino Briganti
Expo 2020 Dubai manager for the Lazio Region
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2. FOREWORD
Image courtesy of Thales Alenia Space
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Lazio is a Region of Space.
This is the Region that, in Frascati, not far from Rome, hosts the headquarters
of the European Space Agency (ESA) which, with ESRIN, was founded in
1966, and is one of the six European centres of excellence for the exploitation
of Earth observation missions.
Here, at 55 km from Rome, lies Colleferro, the European Space Capital
2022, the historical founding city and bulwark of Avio, one of Italy’s leading
aerospace industries that designed the Vega launcher, a real crown jewel of
Made-in-Italy production.
This is the base of the whole Aerospace supply chain that comprises the
sector’s leading national companies, acting as a system integrator with an
industrial, research and academic supply chain capable of acting in different
Space sectors: scientific research, launchers, manufacturing industries, ser-
vices, infrastructure. In addition to ESA, the Lazio Region is also home to the
Italian Space Agency (ASI), Italy’s top research centres and approximately
250 large, medium, and small enterprises operating in the sector.
Here operates a collaborative ecosystem that aggregates all the major play-
ers of the regional aerospace system around Lazio’s Aerospace Technology
District (DTA) which was established in 2004: the first High-Tech District ded-
icated to the aerospace and defence sector.
It is a prized ecosystem with an international scope that really makes Lazio
a Region of Space and that, through this “White Paper”, we intend to present
to the whole world at EXPO 2020 DUBAI.
This document starts with a comprehensive overview of the opportunities
and points of excellence offered by the Region (chapter 3) and goes on to
offer an in-depth analysis of the Aerospace ecosystem in Lazio (chapter 4)
that has its “aggregative fulcrum” in the Lazio Aerospace Technology Dis-
trict, with its peculiar technological value chain (chapter 5). The document
closes with a georeferenced list of the companies in the Lazio Aerospace
Technology District (chapter 6).
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3. WELCOME
TO LAZIO
Photo courtesy of ESA
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Lazio offers an all-round opportunity. Its geopolitical position, the III - Lazio Key Indicators
international appeal of the capital Rome, the unique cultural heritage
offered by the whole regional territory, the wealth of tourist destinations,
the presence of large and multinational corporations, of public and private
research centres and internationally renowned universities, make it a region
with globally relevant points of excellence which will be the focus of the
chapter below, while the Aerospace sector will be analysed in the following
chapter.
I - Logistic & Mobility
Thanks to its very central location, its infrastructures and services, the region
is itself a strategic logistical platform in Italy, in the Mediterranean and in
Europe:
IV - All Roads Lead to Rome
• Two international airports (Fiumicino and Ciampino, over 50 million • TOURISM: Rome, with over 20 million tourists a year, is the most visited
passengers per year). Fiumicino Leonardo Da Vinci Airport is the first city in Italy and one of the most visited in the World.
stopover in Italy and the first European airport for the satisfaction of • VATICAN STATE: Rome is home to the Vatican State, with its own 85
travelers. diplomatic representations of the main countries, residence of the Pope
• Two main railway stations (Termini and Tiburtina) which guarantee high and home to the Basilica of St. Peter, the Vatican Museums and the Sistine
speed rail connections with all major Italian and European cities. Lazio is Chapel.
part of the Trans- European Networks - Transport (TEN-T). • DIPLOMACY: Rome hosts 209 diplomatic missions (embassies, consulates,
• Civitavecchia Port is the major italian touristic port, the 2nd in Europe and permanent missions and other diplomatic representations) according to
7th in the world for number of passengers (3 million per year). It boasts a Global Diplomacy Index 2019.
movement of 10 million tons of goods a year. • ROME AS A STRATEGIC HUB: two international airports, Fiumicino and
• Main Highways: A1 Milano – Roma - Napoli, A12 Roma - Civitavecchia, Ciampino. A direct train “Leonardo Express” connect Fiumicino Airport
A24 Roma - L’Aquila. The extension of the road network in Lazio region to Rome. Travelling time: only 32 minutes, trains run every 15 min.; three
consists of approximately 10 thousand kilometers, of which 473 are major railway stations: Termini, Tiburtina and Ostiense; head office of
motorways and 553 national roads. the important logistics centre CAR - the ROME AGRI-FOOD CENTRE
(agroalimroma.it).
II - Lazio at a Glance
• Lazio is the 2nd Italian Region for Gross Domestic Product (GDP) with V - Why Choose to Invest in Lazio
200.9 billion euros, contributing to 11,2 % of Italian national GDP (2019). • TERRITORIAL ATTRACTIVENESS
It is one of the most important R&D systems in Italy. • Geopolitical position of global relevance
• GDP per capita is equal to € 33.600, above the Italian and the EU • High international attractiveness of the metropolitan area of Rome
average. Lazio is the sixth Italian Region in terms of GDP per capita. • Presence of important industrial and multinational groups with their
• Lazio is the location of important industrial and multinational groups own R&D centres
with their own R&D centres, and the Italian Region with the highest level • High number of public and private research infrastructures High
of specialization in manufacturing and in high-tech knowledge intensive concentration of graduates in technical-scientific subjects and qualified
sectors. researchers
• Lazio’s share of exports in global leading sectors is twice the national
average (in percentage terms 72% vs 32%). • GROWTH POTENTIAL
• Strong growth of exports in technological niches of excellence
• Presence of large companies, even multinationals, capable of
stimulating SMEs’ growth through innovative demand
• Significant growth, in quantity and quality, of incubators, accelerators
and other organizations and initiatives to support startups
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AEROSPACE
ECOSYSTEM
IN THE LAZIO
REGION
Photo courtesy
of Thales Alenia Space 19The context described above is enriched by specific evidence that gives • The research and development of new technologies in every sector in
Lazio its great appeal for the aerospace sector. As noted above, there is which Lazio’s research system is, in some cases, the absolute leader
an industrial and research value chain operating in the region capable of (the study of deep space, life support systems in space environment,
covering practically all the aerospace sector’s activities: an Aerospace telecommunications, new materials, etc.).
Ecosystem that is the subject of this chapter and that thrives through
Alongside ESA’s activities, equally essential are some of the national
networking and dialogue, also with institutions, finding its “aggregative
programmes promoted by ASI (Italian Space Agency) with the support
fulcrum” in the Lazio Aerospace Technology District with its particular
of central and regional administrations. Among these, it is worthwhile
value chain, which will be analysed in chapter 5.
mentioning:
I - The Context of Reference Reinforcing the COSMO SKY-MED Earth Observation system with
In this difficult phase dominated by the COVID pandemic, the Space radar satellites (managed by e-GEOS, controlled by Telespazio) made
industry, is one of the most resilient sectors thanks to its great high-tech- with Italian technology, mostly from Lazio, which represents the world’s
intensiveness, to medium-to-long-term investments and to the presence reference benchmark in this sector.
of advanced industries capable of interpreting the complexity of a
continuously changing context. Despite the difficulties of this phase, which The National Space Economy Plan, co-financed with national (360
have seen the aviation sector strongly penalized, the prospects of the million euros) and regional resources (from 13 regions for a total 140
Italian Aerospace sector are encouraging, primarily because of the position million euros), whose first draft envisages the implementation of three
that Italy was able to assume at the ESA Ministerial Council at the end of initiatives with which to establish long supply chains spread throughout
2019 as well as other important results such as Italy’s relevant role in the the territory of participating Regions and to consolidate strategic
NASA’s ARTEMIS programme which looks at the lunar orbit and surface as technological and production capabilities at national level:
the new target for human space exploration.
I. ItalGovSatCom, under implementation, aimed at enabling Italy to restart
The ESA Ministerial Council, the EU and national programmes and bilateral producing, with domestic manufacturing plants, telecommunication
activities satellites capable of offering institutional services (to civilian and military
users) of a size compatible with the evolution of the VEGA national
Thanks to an unprecedented funding of ESA activities for the 2020- launcher. It is a product-driven policy aimed at securing a national
2022 period amounting to 2.29 billion euros (out of a total of 14.4 billion capability that is strategic for the Country – Telecom satellites – which has
underwritten for programmes), over the next 3-5 years, the national been strongly weakened in the last 15 years;
aerospace sector can count on expected industrial returns of strategic
importance for Italian companies, most of which are headquartered in II. MIRROR COPERNICUS, for the ultimate success of a Space Economy
Lazio. based on the value of the data produced by space assets. Mirror
Copernicus aims to enable a public- private partnership to develop a
Among the many ESA programmes underwritten by Italy, it is worthwhile platform capable of pre-processing the enormous amount of data of
mentioning: various nature already available from the Earth Observation systems,
• In the sector of Launchers, the development of the new VEGA (within in orbit or on land, shortening the distance through which high value-
the scope of the evolution of the European launcher Ariane 6), including added information is transmitted to users. This process is key to opening
the confirmation of the Space Rider programme, which will provide the market of service and application developers – generally SMEs – that
Europe with a space transportation system for routine access and return today are obliged to bear excessively high development costs and are not
from low orbit. The key player in both programmes is AVIO, a company able to grasp possibly important market opportunities;
headquartered in Colleferro, in Lazio, which, despite recent difficulties, III. I-CIOS (in-orbit servicing), through which to bring a national supply
remains a global leader in the space transportation sector; chain to the frontier of the developments in providing in-flight servicing to
• In the Earth Observation sector, the involvement of large players orbiting objects: a theme that is bound to assume an increasing strategic
such as Thales Alenia Space and Leonardo in developing some of the importance at European level, both as a factor of competitiveness
new Sentinel satellites of the Copernicus system, greatly enhancing (lengthening the useful life of space systems) and as a factor driving
Europe’s capacity to generate high-quality public data to be used for progress towards a common defence system.
environmental monitoring and security;
20 21 The implementation of SICRAL 3 which, in synergy with the • It is a member of the exclusive club of world space Nations with a
developments forecast by ItalGovSatCom, will make available to Italy and complete supply chain and a full range of capabilities in the field;
its partners intrinsically secure and effective communication systems.
• It is characterized by advanced technology, a vast range of available
The above activities constitute the grounds on which the national applications (civil, military and dual use) and a fruitful interaction
industrial system was able to optimize its competitiveness for the between research and industry;
aerospace programmes that the European Union has decided to finance
• It delivers business value from unique capabilities (competences and
through the next Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027, the entity
infrastructure) developed by the sector’s different actors (research
of which has not yet been finalized although it is estimated to be very
institutes, universities and industries) and from a broad spectrum
significant, around at least 12-13 billion euros over the 7-year period.
of enabling technologies ranging from the development of systems
Similarly to what recently happened for the implementation of a tranche
(satellites, launchers, inhabiting infrastructure, etc.) to the operational
of the third batch of the Galileo programme (adjudicated to TAS-I), the
management of space centres, the provision of services in different
national industry – and consequently that of the Lazio Region, by virtue
civil society contexts (security, environmental monitoring, transports,
of the role that it has in the Italian space sector – can authoritatively
telecommunications, science, monitoring of critical infrastructure, etc.);
stand to play a key role in the Copernicus programme or in the soon to be
established European Union Governmental Satellite Communications (EU • The national ranking results from the continuous investments that have
GOVSATCOM). long been a priority of the Italian Government and that materializes
through the policies and programmes of the Italian Space Agency
Lastly, with respect to the opportunities arising from bilateral activities
(national programmes, ESA programmes) and the initiatives of other
(implemented directly or through the ESA) with other global key players
organizations and institutions:
in the space sector, note should be taken of the participation in the NASA’s
ARTEMIS programme, which looks at the lunar orbit and surface as the In Italy, the Aerospace sector accounts for a significant number of both
new target for human space exploration. According to the current plans of large and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), represented by
the American Space Agency and its international partners – including Italy three different national organizations – AIAD, AIPAS and ASAS – based
– the first woman and the next man will set foot on our satellite in 2024, in Rome, in the region of Lazio, in addition to another two regional
this time to stay. organizations: Federlazio and Unindustria Lazio.
In the cislunar mission envisaged by the programme, the Italian space
industry holds a leadership position in the construction of the 2 European
modules (I-HAB and ESPRIT) and participates in building the structure AIAD – Federazione Aziende Italiane per l’Aerospazio, la Difesa e la
of HALO (Habitation And Logistics Outpost) and of the Human Landing Sicurezza
System. Within the same context, by virtue of its specific expertise in
advanced robotics solutions, the national industry was also commissioned AIAD is a Federation representing Italian Aerospace, Defence and Security
to study the CLTV - Cis-Lunar Transfer Vehicle and the preliminary project Enterprises and is a member of Confindustria.
design (phases A/B) of a multi-purpose vehicle to meet the needs of a Founded in 1947 as an Association, in 2009 the Assembly of Members
human crew on the Moon. unanimously decided to change the Statutes, changing its status from
This truly vast framework of opportunities should be the focus of the “Association” to “Federation” in compliance with a resolution passed by
regional strategy for the sector, allocating the European resources Confindustria.
planned for 2021-2027, especially those of the ERDF Regional Operation AIAD unites almost all the national high-tech companies conducting
Programme for business enterprises, research, and competitiveness of project design, production, research, and services in the following sectors:
the regional ecosystem to finance the actions aimed at supporting the civil and military aerospace, military naval and terrestrial activities and the
competitiveness of the regional aerospace industry. electronic systems related thereto.
II - Industrial Trade Associations and the National Aerospace It maintains constant relations with national and international
Technology Cluster organizations and institutions and within NATO for the purpose of
Italy’s aerospace industry plays a leading role in the Italian economy promoting, representing, and guaranteeing the interests of the industry it
and stands out as one of the high-tech industries capable of producing represents.
innovation, generating a positive fallout in other industrial sectors. Italy
holds a global leadership position: AIAD, in representation of the Italian industry, is a member of the
counterpart Aerospace and Defence industries association of Europe
22 23(ASD). In this context, it is the interface of reference for all the national and offered by the space-based applications and services and, in the following,
foreign Institutions in coordinating any initiative needing to represent the to support those users dealing with such opportunities.
national interests of this sector.
As also shown by the Europe 2020 program, the space activities and
It drafts and submits industrial reports and positions to the various technologies represent a powerful tool to develop knowledge and
governmental ministries and to any other foreign institutions. innovation, to support promotion of wellness and quality of life, as
well as to contrast natural disasters and critical emergencies. We can
It makes a significant contribution towards developing sectorial plans stress the positive impact of use of space-based infrastructure and
requiring to be drafted by Defence organizations and/or other State applications for public security, environmental protection, transport safety,
Administrations in the following areas: Research and Innovation; telecommunications, health, energy, agriculture, control and management
procedural, technical, and contractual regulations. of land and many other sectors.
It has established and consolidated a close cooperation relationship In this scenario, the service companies play a key role because being
with the Defence Secretariat General and Administration as well as with coupled to the end-users requirements they can monitor their real needs
other Ministries, including the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Economic and the relevant evolution providing an effective feedback thus leading
Development, University and Scientific Research, or with Institutions such the contribution of the space sector closer to the market.
as ENAC, ASI, CNR, etc.
The Association has become the leading promoter of several initiatives
To enable it to monitor and foster a more effective coordination in EU of great impact for the represented companies in collaboration with the
initiatives and activities, it has established an office of its own in Brussels. Italian Space Agency which reached a significant result in the on-going
Another permanent office of the Federation is at the Defence General coordination activities contract signed by the Agency and by the national
Secretariat and at ICE/ITA, the Italian Trade & Investment Agency, in industrial associations; has promoted together with the other space
Rome, for the purpose of monitoring and coordinating initiatives aimed at industrial associations, the Industrial Board “Space Italy”, playing a key
supporting the internationalization of its member companies. role in the definition of the industrial priorities and suggested projects; the
AIAD coordinates numerous working groups at both national and establishment of the Technological Platform SPIN-IT (Space Innovation in
international level, promotes the organization of workshops and Italy) involving all the major companies, universities and research institutes
conferences and receives statistical reports on the performance of major
economic indicators. It also carries out an intense promotional activity
abroad so as to aggregately coordinate Italy’s participation in the most AIPAS – Association of Enterprises for Space Activities
important international events and organize and coordinate the missions
of our companies abroad and the visits of foreign delegations to Italy. AIPAS is a non-profit Association founded in 1998 with the aim of
protecting the interests of Italian Space SMEs. From 2007, AIPAS has
AIAD is Founding Member of the National Aerospace Technology Cluster also given large companies the opportunity to take part in the life of
(CTNA) and manages its General Secretariat. the Association, becoming an example of good collaboration between
SMEs and large corporations with the aim of developing an ecosystem
favourable to all the sector’s enterprises, independently of their size.
ASAS – Association for Space-based Applications & Services The objectives of AIPAS are: represent the general interests of its
ASAS, founded in 2004, has as strategy the growth and new development Members – SMEs and others – at national and international level; promote
of applications and services based on space technologies, moving the the solution of key issues of the Space sector, collaborating with the
emphasis of the economic and social contribution of this sector “From Supervisory Authorities, other Agencies, Associations, Institutions and
Space to Earth”. Organizations in general, both public and private, foreign, national and
regional; provide information and assistance to the Members, facilitating
Applications and services are, according to ASAS, key links between the the coordination of activities and a cohesive spirit; perform and promote
most “commercial” space activities (satellites and platforms) with their study and research activities concerning the Space sector, also through
associated ground segment and the users and the market. These activities publications and conferences; join other Associations or similar Entities
hold a significant growth potential for development, so far not sufficiently whose aim is to promote the general interests of their Members; generally
exploited, which could contribute significantly to the technological perform any activity useful to achieve the Association’s objectives;
innovation of the Country. For these reasons, the Association has as goal participate in the sector’s most important national and international
to propose and to present to the users the new exploitation opportunities events; promote the visibility of its Members by disseminating informative
24 25material and managing the Internet site; upon specific request, provide Through the regional merger process, Unindustria has intended to give a
additional services (e.g., making its facilities available to companies modern answer to the demand for Representation, Service and Planning
without offices of their own in the capital). Capability of Lazio’s entrepreneurial fabric. A more efficient, streamlined
Association, closer to its associates was its mission. It was a proposal,
making it possible to co-design the process with institutional interlocutors
with a view to creating a favourable ecosystem for member companies and
Federlazio – Association of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises of Lazio contribute to defining industrial policies for the economic system of Lazio
With a capillary network throughout the territory and offices in Frosinone, and of the Country, always in close synergy with Confindustria. It monitors
Latina, Viterbo, and Rieti and its affiliation in all the regional Chambers of political activities at local level.
Commerce, Federlazio has sound institutional relations with all the local
administrations – from the Region to Provinces and Municipalities – and In actual fact, it acts as a “policy laboratory” in developing strategic and
sits, through its representatives, at the institutional tables that bear more operational projects and proposals, aimed at intercepting and representing
interest for the Region. Federlazio is one of the world’s top players in terms the collective interests of its corporate members.
of regional business representation. In addition to representing the interests It encourages the aggregation potential of the manufacturing and service
of its own members, Federlazio supports them proactively in their growth, sectors, leveraging the interdependencies with the aim of supporting and
development, and consolidation process. repositioning Lazio’s industrial fabric according to a new logic based on the
Through the “Federlazio Network”, companies can share projects, concept of sustainability and of an extended supply chain.
capabilities, know-how, and establish contacts and synergies to develop It assures companies assistance and protection at all levels with respect to
new business opportunities. Moreover, the Association provides additional tax policies, credit, corporate finance and, obviously, employment.
services, such as opportunities in which to meet and connect when seeking
partners, training courses, and assistance in the creation of networks, Its representatives sit at the negotiating tables of agencies, administrations,
consortia, and start-ups, establish relations with Public Administrations, institutions, committees, and a variety of organizations, including regional
banking institutions and private investors, provide support in analysing the economic organizations: from the Chambers of Commerce to Universities,
company’s organization chart, design retraining programmes for human Ministries, and the Lazio Regional Council.
resources, and business development plans in foreign markets. In full synergy with Confindustria (the national Confederation that
incorporates Unindustria), it focuses its attention on listening to the
membership base in order to satisfy all the needs that arise from their
Unindustria Lazio – Union of the industrialists and enterprises of Rome, corporate life, offering a tangible contribution towards boosting their
Frosinone, Latina, Rieti, Viterbo competitiveness and broadening their reference market.
The Union of the industrialists and enterprises of Rome, Frosinone, Latina, It protects enterprises on labour issues, knowing that companies grow
Rieti, Viterbo, a.k.a. Unindustria, is a regional Association – the largest only if they improve their internal structure by investing on human capital.
in the Confindustria system in terms of territorial extension – that is The Association, as the whole Confindustria system, is a firm promoter of
committed in pursuing the associational values on a daily basis, finding disseminating new models that favour the adoption of ever-more virtuous
its utmost expression in the large and collaborative relational network solutions by exploiting all the levers and opportunities in terms of taxes and
that connects member entrepreneurs. Supporting those who do business social security that have been made available by lawmakers.
through those who do business and transversally and miscellaneously
It concentrates its efforts on strategic issues that concern the membership
putting into play the network of relations is Unindustria’s added value. The
base and offers qualified managerial advice on the most topical issues
system of entrepreneurs and managers, together with the in-house team
in every sector: from welfare to safety on the worksite, the environment,
of professionals, not only works to represent the collective interests of the
energy, company law and public contracts, taxes, and internationalization.
association members but also to accompany them in solving the problems
that create an obstacle to their corporate life, thanks to a solid relationship It acts to reduce the gap that exists between the duties of an efficient Public
with all the local and national institutions, administrations, trade unions, and Administration and the constantly changing raisons d’être of a company.
political movements, and acting as a third party of reference recognized for
its planning capability and political interlocution. It supports entrepreneurs in their financial preparedness and in grasping
all the opportunities originating in the Region and in the European Union,
where the Association holds a permanent office.
26 27It supports start-ups and all new business activities with targeted actions, Moreover, Aerospace is at the centre of the regional Smart Specialisation
facilitating the dialogue between these companies and manufacturing Strategy, as it embeds the development of frontier technologies
companies with the aim of contributing to introduce new innovation models entrusted with the task of making our companies in the sector even more
in the Region of Lazio. competitive and with developing innovative solutions also in other less
technological and more traditional sectors.
It works to develop projects that can contribute to making the production
system of Rome and Lazio more competitive and integrated. In 2004, the signing of the APQ6 between the Lazio Region, the Ministry
of Economy and Finance and the Ministry of Education, University and
The world of labour, schools and universities, research and innovation,
Research, gave life to the DTA – Aerospace Technology District of Lazio,
cybersecurity, sustainable mobility and digital transformation are only a few
the first italian Aerospace and Defence High-Tech District. Coordinated
of the themes to which Unindustria Lazio is unrelentingly committed and
by Lazio Innova, an in-house company of the Lazio Region, the DTA pools
for which it develops proposals, general agreements, research and sectorial
together all the key players of the regional aerospace system for the
studies and debates, as well as projects that can be tangibly embedded in
following purposes:
industrial supply chains, and promotes the sharing of great development
goals in order to retain brains, jobs and capitals within the Region. • Fostering industrial research, training, technology transfer, and the
launch of new business initiatives in line with the Smart Specialisation
III - Lazio Aerospace TECHNOLOGY DISTRICT - industry & space Strategy;
economy sectors of excellence
Today, Lazio constitutes an area of international relevance for the sector • Acknowledging a complex ecosystem that puts together large
thanks to companies with high technical capabilities, high-quality internationally relevant companies, small and medium-sized production
production systems and greatly varied activities for very important facilities with high value-added service providers in the world of
projects through approximately 250 enterprising businesses including training, science and knowledge;
large, small and medium-sized enterprises that account for roughly 23,500 • Further stimulating a context that currently constitutes an
employees and a yearly turnover of more than 5 billion euros (of which internationally relevant asset, whose vocation dates back to the
1.6 billion earmarked for export), 10 primary Research Organizations, beginning of the last century, with the first initiatives that laid the
5 universities (“Sapienza” University of Rome, University of Rome Tor grounds for Italy to become the third Country in the world, after USA
Vergata, University ROMA TRE, University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, and URSS, to put a satellite in orbit in 1964.
and Tuscia University) with 4 engineering departments and approximately
30 post-graduate university courses, and a total of 3,000 university Through the participation of the DTA - Aerospace Technology District
professors, researchers and other experts involved in research activities. of Lazio, the Lazio Region is one of the founding members of the CTNA
– National Aerospace Technology Cluster, which aggregates all the key
In addition to Rome, the Lazio Region also hosts the Italian Space Agency players in the national aerospace system.
(ASI) and in Frascati, near Rome, the European Space Agency (ESA) with
the ESRIN laboratories (one of the six European centres of excellence
for the exploitation of Earth observation missions, founded in 1966). It
also hosts the Nation’s major research centres, including the National
Research Centre (CNR), the National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN),
the National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF), the National Institute
of Geophysics and Vulcanology (INGV), the National Agency for New
Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA),
the Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), the
Centro Sviluppo Materiali S.p.A. (CSM – Rina Consulting), and the Air
Force Flight Experimental Division (RSV).
Lazio hosts an industrial and research value chain capable of covering
almost all the activities of the Space sector and in part also those of
the aeronautical sector. The importance of Aerospace for the regional
economy appears to be evident both on the basis of the figures of the
sector and of the role that it plays in promoting policies that benefit
research, innovation and tecnology transfer.
28 29The International Space Station - ISS
THE AEROSPACE MANUFACTURING DISTRICT OF LAZIO IV - Main players in the Lazio industrial supply chain
Large industrial enterprises
• Approximately 250 companies, including internationally renowned
companies of excellence in the construction of satellites, propulsion systems The large enterprises present in Lazio
and launcher components for access to space (Ariane and Vega), satellite • are cutting-edge companies of international standing in the following
systems for Earth observation, navigation and communication, equipment areas: “Access to Space”, construction of large satellites and space systems,
systems and aerostructures, electronics, information technology, avionics, air Earth observation satellite services, navigation and telecommunications,
traffic management and airport management services (MRO), electronic systems, avionics, air traffic management, and management of
airport services;
• Annual turnover of € 5 billion (of which € 1.6 billion are produced by
exports) • are leaders (“Tier 1”) in the supply chain with significant international
projects, besides which, there are also large “Tier 2” companies of
• 23,500 employees excellence.
• Main national airport network (9 airports among which Fiumicino Airport
with a passenger throughput of approximately 38 million in 2011) Manufacturing SMEs
In terms of industrial analysis, the sector is characterized by a high The SMEs present in Lazio are companies active in a variety of areas, from
concentration of manufacturing companies: 9% of the businesses are the production of mechanical components to the assembly of electronic
large system integrators of national and international standing (“Tier 1” circuits, from the creation of advanced materials to heat treatments, from
and “Tier 2”) which generate 85% of total revenues and employ 77% of the construction of molds and equipment to electrical wiring. Many SMEs
workers, compounded by a vast group (91%) of level 2 suppliers (“Tier 3”) in the electronics sector design and develop components for the aerospace
consisting mainly of SME subcontractors that provide electronic products sector.
and services, ICT for the development of systems and satellite applications
for communication, Earth observation, satellite navigation, avionics and
aeronautical and airport services. Value-added service companies
These companies provide technical industrial services with high added value
100% 100% 100% such as systems engineering, material modeling, industrial design, structural
LE calculation, software for the acquisition of satellite data, imaging analysis,
15% SME laboratory tests, satellite technology applications in apparently unrelated
23% industrial sectors (“downstream market”).
In a nutshell, a general but certainly not exhaustive list of the main industrial
stakeholders present in the Lazio region is provided in the following pages
91% (details of their respective products and skills are described in the Strengths
paragraph) while Chapter 6 provides a complete list of the companies based
85% in the Lazio Aerospace Technological District.
77%
9%
Nr Companies Revenues* Employees
* N.B.: the revenues of large enterprises (LE) with operational sites also outside the Lazio Region have
been regionalised multiplying the global company turnover by the percentage of employees in Lazio.
32 33Aeroporti di Roma Aero Sekur
Company Profile Company Profile
The ADR Group is currently composed of the subsidiaries ADR Ingegneria Aero Sekur is born from the split (2017) of the former Aero Sekur S.p.A. The
S.p.A, ADR Infrastrutture S.p.A, ADR Tel S.p.A., ADR Assistance S.r.l.- single- Company is a Tier One leading provider of advanced survival equipment and
shareholder company, ADR Mobility S.r.l., ADR Security S.r.l. and Airport systems for mission-critical air, ground and marine vehicles. The Company
Cleaning S.r.l. which have further improved skills and professionalism in the counts 130 and deploys its activities in two plants, both located in Aprilia
specific sectors, making their knowledge available to the other companies of (LT), one of those dedicated to maintenance, repair and overhaul. Thanks to
the Group. a network of authorised repair station, the Customer Support is provided as
In addition, Aeroporti di Roma S.p.A. holds shares in: near as possible to the End Customers. The Company certifications include
• SPEA Engineering S.p.A. (20%) AS 9100D (EN 9100:2018), EASA Part21.G, EASA Part145. Certification as per
• Pavimental (20%) EASA Part21.J is ongoing.
• S.A.CAL. S.p.A. (9.229%)
• Aeroporto di Genova S.p.A. (15%)
• Leonardo Energia - Società Consortile a r.l. (10%)
• Azzurra Aeroporti S.p.A. (7,77%) Products |Services | Applications |Technologies
Aero Sekur provides design, manufacturing and maintenance for a suite of
key safety and survival systems and services for the Aerospace & Defence
Products |Services | Applications |Technologies industry, including helicopter Emergency Flotation Systems, External
Liferaft Systems and Fuel Systems (the latter crashworthy and self-selaing
Rome Airports, a company in the Atlantia Group, manages Rome Fiumicino as required by the specific application). Engineering capabilities include
and Ciampino airports and carries out other additional activities related advanced design and simulation tools, used to optimise the features of the
to airport management. Fiumicino has two passenger terminals and is equipment in respect to the requirements and mitigate the risks associated
dedicated to business and leisure customers on domestic, international to the certification process. The manufacturing is continuously evolving
and intercontinental routes; Ciampino is mainly used by low-cost airlines, through the introduction of new technologies and capabilities aimed to
express-couriers and General Aviation activities. improve existing products and propose innovative solutions to the market.
• COMPONENTS
In 2019 ADR recorded, as an airport system, 49.4 million passengers
• EQUIPMENT AND FITTING-OUT MATERIALS
with over 240 destinations worldwide reachable from Rome, thanks to
-For Airborne Platforms
approximately 100 airlines operating at the two airports (In 2020, following
-For Naval Platforms
the effects caused by Covid–19 on world air transport, the Roman airport
-For Land-Based Platforms
system recorded 11.4 million passengers).
• DESIGNING
Web site www.adr.it/web/aeroporti-di-roma-en/ • MISSION-RELATED SYSTEMS
• MAINTENANCE, TRANSFORMATION AND OVERHAUL
• MISSION-RELATED SYSTEMS
• SECURITY, SURVIVAL AND RESCUE
• SURVIVAL AND RESCUE
-Inflatable Systems For Space Applications
Web site www.sekur.aero/
34 35Airbus Italia Airbus Italia is a well-known Italian industrial leader, boasting several
international patents related to antennas, radars, scientific software and
Company Profile digital signal processing. Its product portfolio also includes Inter-Satellite-
Link and payload EO data transmission equipment for Low Earth Orbit
satellites, passive and active RF components, antenna radiating elements,
ground operational SW for configuration and spectrum monitoring of
Airbus Italia, formerly known as Space Engineering, is the local industrial telecommunication flexible payloads, ground and flight firmware for digital
footprint of Airbus Defence and Space since 2015. The company changed signal processing and modems, key enablers for space-based architectures
its name in 2019 to fully integrate into the Airbus group. It has a recognized and secure spacecraft.
expertise in satellite communication, covering space as well as ground Leveraging on its distinctive heritage in Antennas, RF and Digital Equipment,
segment, with focus on enabling technologies for SatCom on the move, Communication Protocol and System Design, Airbus Italia can offer a
Internet of Things (IoT), RF components and signal processing. Since qualified portfolio of products and solutions:
August 2017, Airbus Italia’s Headquarters and Industrial Plant share the Mobile multiband SatCom antennas for airborne applications. Airbus Italia
same industrial area in Rome, in Tiburtina area, thus ensuring a complete invented the Janus line: very low profile dual-band (Ku/Ka, X/Ka) antennas
integration between Engineering and AIT effectively serving programs for different kinds of aircrafts, including UAVs and helicopters. Janus is the
operations and products development. The 1.250 sqm plant has been mainly unique broadband antenna concept patented by Airbus Italia (European
equipped for payload and electronic equipment assembly, integration Patent 2757632 A1) to enable remote switch between two frequencies. The
and testing. Manifold facilities are available: Anechoic Chamber; Climatic switch is performed by mirror rotation with a dedicated RF chain for each
Chamber; Clean Room; Motion and Attitude Simulator for mobile terminals; frequency band. Thanks to Janus, the Janus Aero antennas can be provided
Digital, RF and Mechanical Laboratories. Airbus Italia employs a highly skilled in dual band configuration in Ku/Ka (X/Ka and Ka/QV also possible) with
workforce of about 110 people, focusing on cutting edge solutions and remote frequency switching. Janus Aero compact size and high throughput
technologies. It is EN 9100:2018 and ISO 9001:2015 certified. Its significant both in reception and transmission makes it the ideal solution for several
experience in design, integration and test is serving key European programs types of Mission Patrol and UAV applications. Janus Aero product targets
like METOP-Second Generation, QUANTUM, BIOMASS, Galileo, Pléiades NEO Institutional & Governmental Airborne. Starting from the first version
and LEO satellite equipment for EDRS ISL. Along its history, the Company Janus 1.0, Airbus Italia has been keeping on updating the antenna design
also contributed to ARTEMIS, Radarsat 2, COSMO-SkyMed, Alphasat TDP#5 considering always more advanced technical solutions and it is successfully
and has been actively involved in major Italian programs such as SICRAL, developing the second version of the Satcom terminal named Janus 2.0.
PLATiNO, ItalGovSatCom.
World leading supplier of Broadband SatCom terminals for trains, providing
fully operational terminals in France, Turkey, Russia, Kazakhstan. Designers
of the only Ka-band antenna for trains. Onboard Communication Equipment
Products |Services | Applications |Technologies for intersatellite link, including those enabling LEO/LEO and LEO/GEO (Data
Relay systems like Globenet) connectivity Passive Onboard Antennas, RF
Over the past few years, Airbus Italia evolved to progressively meet its components and Feed Chains, including high bands (Q/V/W) Active and
ambition of being a recognized industrial leader for selected products, reconfigurable onboard antennas for High Throughput and Flexible Satellites,
including SatCom antennas for airborne and railways, passive and active RF new tools for the operation of flexible payloads. Flight FW for navigation/
components, ground modems. Airbus Italia is a leader in Airborne SatCom telecom applications Modem, Gateway and Professional Terminals for TM/
technology providing institutional customers with the most advanced state- TC, Massive Data Download, Internet of Things (IoT) Ground Operational
of-the-art mobile terminals Janus Aero for ISR missions. The ATR P-72A Subsystem/Software for Telecomm (communication Spectrum Monitoring,
aircraft of Italian Air Force is equipped with Airbus Italia’s Janus antenna, flexible Payload configuration) for new generation satellites AIT services for
which has also been indicated by Airbus Communication, Intelligence subsystem/payload/satellite services Ground Transponders and Calibrators
& Security as a powerful solution for “Network For The Sky” (NFTS), for EO Optical and SAR satellites.
successfully integrated with Airbus MRTT aircraft in a flight demonstration of
a connected airborne battlespace scenario. Furthermore, the Company can
Web site https://www.airbus.com/
claim a long experience in SatCom terminals for railway applications, having
delivered SatCom solutions for high-speed trains throughout Europe (e.g.
French TGV trains).
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