The Mediterranean Aerospace Society SAM is composed by fourteen Companies (large,
small and medium) operating in the aeronautic and space sector. SAM, a simultaneous
engineering system, is one of the first Italian examples of Companies aggregation in the
aerospace sector.
SAM has been founded in order to meet the market needs and to take advantage of
all the development opportunities coming from national and international economic
recovery.
SAM activities are focused:
• INDUSTRY: design, manufacturing and aircraft maintenance activities, development
and manufacturing of mechanical and electronic apparatus for aeronautic-space
industry
• SERVICES: advanced technology services on earth observation implemented through
satellite, avionic platforms and ground segment for monitoring and surveillance of
territorial environment parameters
• ASTROPHISICS: SAM is member of the Dish Consortium (SKADC) led by CETC54
of JLRAT (China), and in particular it is involved in the Structural Branch led by MT
Mechatronics, Germany and in the Local Monitoring & Control, led by INAF (Italy).
SKA Dish Consortium (SKADC) The SKA Dish Consortium is responsible for the design
and verification of the antenna structure, optics, feed suites, receivers, and all supporting
systems and infrastructure for SKA1-mid and SKA1-survey.
Web: www.samaerospazio.it