In 2008, an open Network, comprising of the major university laboratories playing a key role in aeronautics research in Greece has been established, so as to offer a focal point for aeronautics research in Greece. The laboratories participating in the Network are:

Laboratory, University	Director, Address	Telephone, Fax, Email
Laboratory of Technology & Strength of Materials University of Patras	Director: Professor Spiros Pantelakis Address: Department of Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics - University of Patras, Patras 26500, Greece	Telephone: +30-2610-969498 Fax: +30-2610-997190 Email: pantelak@mech.upatras.gr
Laboratory for Manufacturing Systems University of Patras	Director: Professor George Chryssolouris Address: Department of Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics - University of Patras, Patras 26500, Greece	Telephone: +30-2610-997262 Fax: +30-2610-997744 Email: xrisol@lms.mech.upatras.gr
Electronics Laboratory University of Patras	Director: Professor Vassilis Anastassopoulos Address: Department of Physics, - University of Patras, Patras 26500, Greece	Telephone: +30-2610-996147 Fax: +30-2610-997456 Email: vassilis@physics.upatras.gr
Laboratory of Materials University of Thessaly	Director: Professor Gregory N. Haidemenopoulos Address: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Thessaly, Pedion Areos, Volos, GR-38334, Greece	Telephone: +302421074061 Fax: +302421074061 Email: hgreg@mie.uth.gr

The Network, which is managed and coordinated by ISTRAM, operates as a Virtual Research Establishment covering a wide area of aeronautical sectors and aims, in medium term, to cover the entire area of Aeronautics. The areas of research currently covered by the Network are:

• Aeronautical materials and structures, metallic or composite, differential or integral.
• Innovative Manufacturing Processes, Advanced Human-Centred Design Techniques, including Virtual Reality, and Production Systems Planning, Control and Networking.
• Analog and Integrated Circuits design, Embedded DSP Systems, Computer Vision, Signal Detection and Information Fusion.
• Physical Metallurgy, materials characterization, structure-property relations, alloy design, microstructure and process simulations.