Council of European Aerospace Societies

The Council of European Aerospace Societies was formed in 1993 as the Confederation of European Aerospace Societies in recognition of the increasingly international nature of aerospace business. The transition from Confederation to Council took place in 2003 with the intention of providing improved collaboration, legal status and use of the resources of the constituent societies.

Constituent societies

CEAS currently comprises eleven Trustee Member Societies (with a combined roughly 35.000 individual members):

  • Association Aéronautique et Astronautique de France - 3AF (or AAAF); Aeronautics and Astronautics Association of France (France)
  • Asociatia Aeronautica si Astronautica a Romaniei - AAAR; Aeronautics and Astronautics Association of Romania (Romania)
  • Asociación de Ingenieros Aeronáuticos de España - AIAE; Association of Aeronautical Engineers of Spain (Spain)
  • Associazione Italiana di Aeronautica e Astronautica - AIDAA; Italian Association of Aeronautics and Astronautics (Italy)
  • Odborná společnost letecká České republiky - CzAeS; Czech Aerospace Society (Czech Republic)
  • Deutsche Gesellschaft für Luft- und Raumfahrt - DGLR; German Society for Aeronautics and Astronautics (Germany)
  • Flygtekniska Föreningen. Svensk förening för flygteknik och rymdteknik - FTF; Swedish Society of Aeronautics and Astronautics (Sweden)
  • Nederlandse Vereniging voor Luchtvaarttechniek - NVvL; Netherlands Association of Aeronautical Engineers (Netherlands)
  • Polskie Stowarzyszenie Aeronautyki i Astronautyki - PSAA; Polish Society of Aeronautics and Astronautics (Poland)
  • Royal Aeronautical Society - RAeS; Royal Aeronautical Society (Great Britain)
  • Schweizerische Vereinigung für Flugwissenschaften - SWFV; Swiss Association of Aeronautical Sciences (Switzerland)

and five Corporate Members:

Publications

  • CEAS Aeronautical Journal
  • CEAS Space Journal
  • The Aerospace Europe Bulletin
  • Proceedings of the conferences organised or co-sponsored by CEAS

Conferences

CEAS organises or co-sponsors various conferences and in particular the CEAS Aerospace Europe Conference (AEC). The previous CEAS conferences were Berlin (2007), Manchester (2009), Venice (2011), Linkoping (2013), Delft (2015), Bucharest (2017), Bordeaux (2020), Warsaw (2021), Lausanne (2023) and the next one will take place in Turin in December 2025 (cf. CEAS AEC 2025 website).

Honours and awards

CEAS recognises outstanding achievements and contributions through various awards:

  • Annual CEAS Gold Medal
  • CEAS Distinguished Service Award
  • CEAS Journals most cited papers award
  • Marc Pélegrin Award