Bundesverband der Deutschen Luft- und Raumfahrtindustrie

Its partner organisations also include the Groupement des industries françaises aéronautiques et spatiales (GIFAS) association in France.

Legal entities and natural persons who regularly pay membership fees to the BDLI can become sustaining members (Fördernde Mitglieder).

From 1917, the association was a member of the Kriegsverband der Flugzeugindustrie e. V., an initiative of the Inspection of the Air Force (IdFlieg) with 120 companies and 125,000 employees (monthly production of 2,000 aircraft).

With the sovereignty of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1955 and its return to control of its airspace, the association was transformed into the Bundesverband der Deutschen Luftfahrtindustrie e. V. (BDLI).

The Medienpreis Luft- und Raumfahrt[4] recognizes contributions by nonspecialist journalists that make the subject of aerospace accessible to a wide audience.