About — Our partners
Our partners
The KEPPLAIR 72 programme relies on a network of recognised industrial, scientific and institutional partners.
Industrial partners
Aerotec & Concept
Airframe conversion
A recognised European aircraft modification company, based in Toulouse-Blagnac, in charge of converting the ATR 72 into the KEPPLAIR 72.
ACIA Aero Group
Aircraft supply and financing
A programme partner since its inception, via its conversion-dedicated subsidiary ACIA IPRC, for the supply of the ATR 72 airframe.
Trotter Controls
KEDS co-development
A company specialised in aerial drop systems, partner on the KEDS via a strategic agreement signed in March 2026.
ST Group
Composite parts manufacturing
Selected by Aerotec & Concept to manufacture the programme's composite parts, including the belly fairing and air conditioning adaptations.
Scientific partner
IMFT — Institut de Mécanique des Fluides de Toulouse
KEDS co-development
The research lab behind the project's origins, alongside professor Dominique Legendre, for the design of the KEDS drop system.
Institutional support
France 2030
State investment programme
Kepplair Evolution has been a France 2030 laureate since 2021.
Occitanie Region
Regional financial support
Contributes, alongside the State and the ERDF, to €5 million in public funding granted in March 2026.
DGSCGC
Official recognition
France's civil security and crisis management directorate has officially backed the programme since 2024.