WEAF
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WEAF may refer to:
- West of England Aerospace Forum
The West of England Aerospace Forum (WEAF)is a not for profit organisation formed in 2002. The forum exists to champion the interests of all aerospace companies in the South West of England, particularly the 750+ small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) that help make the South West a region of global excellence. The WEAF region is responsible for 27% of the total United Kingdom Aerospace and Defence turnover (source: Society of British Aerospace Companies). WEAF is one of 9 regional industry bodies, representing over 2000 companies. The 9 organisations collaborate with each other and the national trade associations the Society of British Aerospace Companies (SBAC) and the Defence Manufacturers Association (DMA). WEAF has access to both UK and European funding to assist in training, the removal of waste activity in businesses, forming of collaborations and the development of technology for the industry sector. WEAF's overall aim Is to facilitate the future competitiveness and growth of the aerospace industry in the South West of England. The latest tool to enable this is a free to access regional company capability database. Intended for companies to search for specific capability it is believed that the database has the most comprehensive texonomy of any of the current Aerospace and Defence capability databases. This particilar project is a collaboration with the Farnborough Aerospace Consortium (FAC)