FOKKER TECHNOLOGIES HOLDING BV

Their core work

Fokker Technologies is a Dutch aerospace manufacturer specializing in aircraft structures, electrical wiring systems, and landing gear components. Within H2020, they contributed to the Clean Sky 2 Joint Undertaking across multiple Integrated Technology Demonstrators — covering airframe structures, aircraft systems, and large passenger aircraft platforms. Their participation in the NEXTTRIP project also signals capability in rotorcraft aerodynamics and unconventional aircraft configurations such as tilt rotors.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

All four projects fall within a relatively narrow 2014–2020 window, with the first three launching in 2014 as part of the Clean Sky 2 framework and the final project (NEXTTRIP) starting in 2018. The early work concentrated on conventional large passenger aircraft structures and systems, while the later NEXTTRIP project represents a modest shift toward unconventional rotorcraft configurations. However, with no keyword data available and only four projects, it is difficult to identify a strong evolutionary trend.

Fokker may be expanding from traditional fixed-wing aerostructures toward rotorcraft and advanced air mobility platforms, though evidence is limited to a single project.

How they like to work

Fokker Technologies operates exclusively as a participant or third party — never as coordinator — consistent with a large industrial supplier contributing specialized manufacturing and engineering expertise to consortium-led programmes. Their 180 unique partners across 19 countries reflect the massive Clean Sky 2 consortium structure rather than independently cultivated relationships. Working with Fokker means engaging a Tier 1 aerospace supplier that integrates into large programme architectures rather than leading them.

Connected to 180 partners across 19 countries, though this large network is primarily a function of Clean Sky 2's mega-consortium structure rather than independently built collaborations. Their reach spans most major European aerospace nations.

What sets them apart

Fokker Technologies brings decades of aircraft manufacturing heritage — they are one of the few European companies with end-to-end capability in aerostructures, wiring harnesses, and landing gear. Their Clean Sky 2 involvement across three distinct ITDs (Systems, Airframe, Large Passenger Aircraft) demonstrates breadth across the full aircraft platform. For consortium builders in aerospace, Fokker offers industrial-grade manufacturing validation that academic or SME partners typically cannot provide.

Highlights from their portfolio

• NEXTTRIP
  Highest funded project (EUR 5,891) and the only one outside the core Clean Sky 2 GAM framework, focusing on civil tilt rotor aerodynamics — a forward-looking aircraft concept.
• GAM AIR 2018
  Part of the Clean Sky 2 Airframe ITD, directly aligned with Fokker's core business of aircraft structural components for next-generation airframes.