The forecast of passenger quantity up to the year 2020 promises an annual growth up to 5 %. At the same time, the air freight service rises annually up to 7 % in the course of increasing international division of labour on the global markets. This calls for an adequate development of new, energy efficient and low-emission aircrafts, for the guarantee of safety in the entire air traffic, for investments in infrastructure on the ground and in aerial surveillance and for a complete network of traffic systems.

Uttermost functionality and reliability under extreme ambient conditions as well as energy- and weight- efficiency are required by components and systems used in outer space. Space shuttles are highly innovative technology bodies to test technologies and their capacity with. Worldwide offers and services in communication and information and manifold applications in the field of satellite navigation had been enabled by aerospace. Crewed and uncrewed space missions conduce to research into novel biological, chemical and physical effects with different future applications.

The German protagonists are integrated in European and international co-operations. Beside science and large scale industry, the small and medium-sized suppliers contribute greatly to innovations in the field of aerospace by the development of subsystems, processes and services.