Federation membership
Why Join
A meaningful place to participate.
The value of a participation relationship
Connect what you know with a wider aerospace context.
Membership is most meaningful when the applicant can identify a relevant perspective, practical question or contribution—not simply a name to display.
Beyond your own organization or specialism.
Aerospace work crosses industry, research, operations, infrastructure and professional practice. A shared setting can help participants understand how their own knowledge connects to other fields.
The Federation provides structured institutional and technical pathways to explore. Their scope and participation conditions remain specific to the work.
How the Federation works- BringRelevant experience or perspective
- ConnectA defined question and the right setting
- ContributeInput within an appropriate remit
Different reasons to participate
Identify the relevance before choosing a route.
A company’s practical perspective
Explain the operational, production or service context behind a real aerospace question. Corporate is not limited to large companies.
Understand the Corporate route
An institution’s knowledge and remit
Connect academic, research, public or professional perspectives while keeping the institutional mandate and representation clear.
Understand the Institutional route
A person’s own expertise
Contribute professional experience, research or developing knowledge in personal capacity, separately from employer membership.
Understand the Individual routeParticipation with purpose
Choose a contribution, not a promised outcome.
Find the setting that fits the contribution.
A strategic perspective, a focused technical question and a professional exchange need different participation arrangements.
Understand participation conditionsInstitutional & strategic perspectives
Councils connect relevant stakeholder perspectives to a defined remit.
Technical expertise
Technical Committees connect expertise with formal technical responsibilities.
Focused collaboration
Working Groups address a specific question or work item within a defined mandate.
Structured input
Consultations accept input according to the published process when a consultation is open.
Professional exchange
Each event states its subject, status and participation arrangements.
Learning development
The Academy page sets out planned learning and current availability.
What makes the relationship credible
Useful opportunities. Honest boundaries.
A clear membership relationship depends on accurate information, responsible representation and realistic expectations.
Explore within published arrangements
- Institutional and technical dialogue connected to a defined remit.
- Public and protected knowledge resources under their own access rules.
- Events, learning development and project information according to current status.
- A separate Recognition process for eligible active members where a relevant route is open.
Do not assume an automatic outcome
- No guaranteed appointment, procurement, contract or commercial introduction.
- No blanket programme, course or platform access.
- No automatic Recognition, Accreditation, certification or technical approval.
- No right to present personal or organizational views as official AF positions.
Continue with clarity
Start with an accurate membership profile.
Pre-application begins a review. It does not create membership or guarantee approval.