The Technical University of Munich (Technische Universität München), the University of the German Armed Forces (Universität der Bundeswehr München), the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V.) and Bauhaus Luftfahrt e. V. (an incorporated association and aeronautics think tank) have joined forces to create a joint research, development and academic center, Munich Aerospace, for the purpose of pooling key competencies in the areas of aeronautics and space.