AEROMAC MECANIZADOS AERONAUTICOS SA

Their core work

AEROMAC is a Spanish aeronautical precision machining and manufacturing company based in Alava, in the heart of Spain's Basque Country aerospace cluster. They manufacture high-complexity aircraft structural components — fuselage sections, wing elements, and cabin structures — for major European aircraft programs. In H2020, they contributed as third-party industrial manufacturers within Clean Sky 2's Large Passenger Aircraft track, where next-generation concepts including hybrid laminar flow control surfaces, multifunctional fuselage demonstrators, and disruptive cockpit layouts were physically built and validated at large scale. Their value in research consortia lies not in conducting research, but in translating advanced aeronautical designs into production-grade hardware.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

The early project (LPA GAM 2018, 2014–2019) carries no specific technology keywords in the available data, suggesting a foundational manufacturing role within the broader Clean Sky 2 platform — likely standard aerostructure production. By the second project (GAM-2020-LPA, 2020–2024), the technology profile becomes far more defined: HLFC surfaces, multifunctional fuselage demonstrators, propulsion integration, wing design, and even cabin and cockpit concepts appear, pointing toward involvement in more ambitious, research-forward demonstrator builds. The overall trajectory is from general-purpose aeronautical manufacturing toward contribution to breakthrough aircraft architecture programs.

AEROMAC is deepening its role in next-generation aircraft technology demonstrators, making them a credible industrial manufacturing partner for any consortium developing physical prototypes of advanced airframe, propulsion, or aerodynamic concepts under Clean Aviation or similar successor programs.

How they like to work

AEROMAC participates exclusively as a third party — never as a coordinator or named project participant — which positions them as a contract manufacturing contributor to consortia led by larger aerospace primes such as Airbus. They do not independently initiate or lead research programs. Despite this supporting role, they have interfaced with 76 distinct consortium partners across 13 countries through just two projects, reflecting the vast industrial networks that characterise Clean Sky 2 GAM platforms. Working with AEROMAC means engaging an industrial subcontractor accustomed to high-specification deliverables driven by consortium program requirements rather than internal R&D agendas.

AEROMAC has interfaced with 76 consortium partners across 13 countries, a remarkably broad network for just two projects — a direct consequence of the sprawling multi-partner structure of Clean Sky 2 GAM programs. Their connections are concentrated in the European aeronautical industry ecosystem, centred on Airbus's large passenger aircraft supply chain.

What sets them apart

AEROMAC's differentiation lies in its location within the Basque Country aerospace cluster — one of Europe's most concentrated aeronautical manufacturing ecosystems — combined with a track record in the most demanding EU aeronautics research programs. They are not a research institute producing papers; they are an industrial manufacturer that makes advanced aircraft concepts physically real, a capability that is scarce and essential in any consortium requiring demonstrator hardware. For a consortium needing a Spanish-registered, non-SME precision manufacturer with proven Clean Sky 2 experience, AEROMAC occupies a very specific and hard-to-replace position.

Highlights from their portfolio

• GAM-2020-LPA
  The most technically ambitious project in their portfolio, covering HLFC surfaces, multifunctional fuselage demonstrators, wing design, and disruptive cockpit — spanning virtually the entire advanced aircraft architecture agenda of the Clean Sky 2 program.
• LPA GAM 2018
  Their entry into the Clean Sky 2 Large Passenger Aircraft platform (2014–2019), establishing a continuous, five-year presence in Europe's flagship civil aviation research initiative.