The establishment of EASN goes back to 2002 and it was based on two subsequent support actions funded by the European Commission while it was founded as an open, self-funded and self sustainable association in 2008.
Specifically, the EASN Association is the Association of the European Academia active in supporting aviation research, facing the fragmentation of Academia and disseminating the new knowledge and breakthrough technologies incubated through aviation research.
Headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, the EASN Association encounters members across 28 European countries with the number constantly increasing.
The mission of the Association is to contribute to the advancement of the aeronautics sciences and technologies and support the education and research in Europe.
The tools for accomplishing the above objectives include among others the organization of scientific events, research forums and collaboration with other networks and associations.