Akaer

Akaer is a Brazilian aerospace and defence engineering company founded in 1992 and headquartered in São José dos Campos. It develops integrated products, aerostructures and embedded systems and provides manufacturing engineering, industrialization, tooling, automation, aircraft interiors, simulation and platform modernization. Its aerospace work includes participation in Gripen and KC-390 projects and production of the D328eco forward fuselage. The wider Akaer Group includes Opto Space & Defense, which develops satellite cameras and other optronic systems, and Equatorial Sistemas, which focuses on space systems and satellite payloads. These businesses connect aircraft engineering and manufacturing with Brazil’s Earth-observation supply chain.