AERO-MAGNESIUM LIMITED (A.C.S)

Their core work

Aero-Magnesium is an Israeli SME specializing in magnesium-based lightweight components and structures for the aerospace industry — magnesium being the lightest structural metal and a critical enabler of fuel savings in aircraft. Their work focuses on applying magnesium alloys to airframe applications where weight reduction directly reduces fuel consumption and emissions. Both EU projects place them inside the Clean Sky 2 Airframe Integrated Technology Demonstrator, one of Europe's flagship programs for next-generation green aviation. They contribute as a materials and manufacturing specialist, supplying components that meet demanding aerospace performance, cost, and eco-design criteria across both fixed-wing aircraft and rotor-craft platforms.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

Their first project (GAM AIR 2018, 2014–2019) left no recorded keywords in CORDIS, suggesting a foundational, execution-focused role — likely delivering specific magnesium parts or subassemblies within a larger system without broad technical documentation. The second project (GAM-2020-AIR, 2020–2024) shows a richer scope: rotor-craft added alongside aircraft, and explicit goals around energy efficiency, cost efficiency, and eco-design emerged as documented priorities. This shift points toward a maturing supplier that is becoming more integrated into the design and sustainability logic of aerospace programs, not just the manufacturing supply chain.

They are moving from a pure materials supplier role toward a broader contributor to green aviation goals — rotor-craft and eco-design signal readiness for Clean Sky 3 or similar sustainability-driven aerospace programs.

How they like to work

Aero-Magnesium has never led a project — they participate exclusively as a specialist partner embedded within large, program-wide consortia. Both projects sit inside the same Clean Sky 2 Airframe ITD mega-consortium, which explains their 94 unique partners across 15 countries: that network reflects the scale of the program rather than independently built relationships. Expect them to operate as a focused technical contributor delivering specific components or test results, rather than as a consortium architect or dissemination leader.

Their 94 consortium partners across 15 countries are almost entirely attributable to Clean Sky 2's large, multi-partner Airframe ITD structure. Their actual independent network is likely narrower — concentrated in European aerospace primes, research institutes, and supply chain partners active in the Clean Sky ecosystem.

What sets them apart

As one of very few Israeli SMEs active in European Clean Sky 2 aeronautics research, Aero-Magnesium fills a rare niche: specialist magnesium component manufacturing for aircraft, a technically demanding field where qualified suppliers are scarce. Magnesium's combination of low density and reasonable structural strength makes it attractive for airframe lightweighting, but its flammability and corrosion challenges mean only experienced specialists are trusted in aerospace programs. Sustained participation across two successive Clean Sky 2 phases (10 years total) indicates that the program's industrial partners consider them a reliable, qualified supplier — a strong signal of quality for any consortium considering them.

Highlights from their portfolio

• GAM AIR 2018
  Their entry project into Clean Sky 2 Airframe ITD, spanning five years (2014–2019) with the largest single funding award (€330,644), establishing their credentials as a qualified aerospace magnesium supplier within Europe's premier aviation R&D program.
• GAM-2020-AIR
  The follow-on project (2020–2024) expanded scope to rotor-craft and eco-design, showing that the program trusted them enough for a second phase and that their work is broadening toward sustainable aviation goals beyond fixed-wing aircraft.