Le Bourget Air Show: An Industry in Full Acceleration

Walking through the aisles of the Paris Air Show, one thing became clear: relocation, technological breakthroughs, and territorial dynamics are the three pillars of the current acceleration of the European aeronautics industry.

French industrial excellence is firmly present
Beyond the essentials like Airbus, Dassault Aviation, Safran, and Thales, an entire ecosystem of innovative companies and key regional sectors marked this edition of the Paris Air Show:

• GIFAS, the leading federation of the French aeronautics and space sector.
• ALTYTUD (Hauts-de-France), led by the manufacturers themselves, with whom I have had the pleasure of collaborating in the past.
• Aerospace Valley (Occitanie – Nouvelle-Aquitaine), an industry with international reach.
• AEROCENTRE (Centre-Val de Loire), at the heart of national aeronautical engineering.
• NAE – Normandie AeroEspace, an agile ecosystem, resolutely focused on innovation.

Belgium, a key partner in the European value chain

With key players such as Sonaca and SABCA, Belgium is asserting its strategic role in engineering, assembly, and integration within the European industrial chain.

Start-ups & Disruptive Innovation: The Industry of the Future Is Here
Innovation was everywhere, driven by young startups transforming established models:

• ION-X: next-generation ion propulsion.
• PROMETHEUS Earth Intelligence: sovereignty in the field of space observation.
• AndroMach and its ENVOL platform.
• Sirius Space Services' innovative micro-launchers.
• Coriolis Composites, an expert in fiber positioning automation.
  These young companies illustrate the energy of a constantly evolving field, with a strong presence at the Paris Air Show 2024 and again in 2025.

At Louis Dupont – Interim Management, we are at the heart of this transformation.

Our interim managers support these changes with a keen understanding of industrial challenges and the ability to act quickly and effectively. The Paris Air Show remains, more than ever, the global hub of aeronautics and space innovation, where the contours of tomorrow's industry are taking shape.