On 26 May 2020, the Italian Embassy and the South African Department of Science and Innovation organized a bilateral virtual meeting dedicated to the collaborations between Italy and South Africa in the Aerospace, Aviation and Defense sectors. The meeting was attended by several public research institutions, including the space agencies and the astrophysical institutes of the two countries, universities, regional aerospace districts, private enterprises and entrepreneur associations. The discussions confirmed the high quality of existing collaborations and highlighted several new areas of common interest, also in light of the Covid-19 pandemic, and opened interesting new prospects for cooperation. The meeting program is available here.