Supporting the growth of the South African Aerospace & Defence Industry The NAC is a national aeronautics and space program within Wits that serves as a Research and Development and Human Capital Development coordination body for all relevant domestic academic institutions.
Supporting the growth of the South African Aerospace & Defence Industry The NAC is a national aeronautics and space program within Wits that serves as a Research and Development and Human Capital Development coordination body for all relevant domestic academic institutions.
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Research and Development Support

The NAC aims to support applied and fundamental academic research and development, resulting in increased collaboration between universities and industry to improve the competitiveness of the South African aerospace industry

Human Capital Development & Transformation

The NAC has actively partnered with the aerospace industry to either source funding for, or to co-fund students; as well as to partner with the industry via a talent pipeline and outreach programme in order to improve the chances of graduates obtaining meaningful employment in the sector

Industrialisation

Through active engagement with domestic and international companies, the NAC aims to ensure the Industry's needs are met and identify areas of industrialisation that could be met by academic research, such as industrial and systems engineering.

Strategic Project Support

To ensure that the NAC strategy and functions remain valid and that it continues to play an active role in support of the national strategy, The NAC participated in the development of the national Space strategy, Aerospace and Defence Master Plan, and SEZ study

Unmanned Ariel Vehicles
Propulsion and Space Engineering
Aerospace Manufacturing Processes and Materials
Integrated Systems
Maintenance Repair & Overhaul
Artificial Intelligence
Electronics & Mechatronics