FUNDACION DE LA INGENIERIA CIVIL DE GALICIA

Their core work

The Foundation of Civil Engineering of Galicia (FICG) is a Spanish research body that applies engineering analysis and modeling expertise to advanced aviation challenges, particularly high-speed and supersonic flight. Their technical work covers aeroacoustic modeling (jet-noise and sonic-boom prediction), combustion analysis, and pollutant emissions assessment for next-generation aircraft. FICG operates as a specialist partner in large European research consortia, contributing validated modeling tools and test campaign analysis. Their civil engineering background gives them a distinctive environmental impact lens — treating noise, emissions, and infrastructure-level consequences as first-class technical concerns, not afterthoughts.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

FICG entered H2020 through STRATOFLY (2018–2021), a broad exploration of stratospheric flight and high-speed propulsion concepts — an exploratory phase with no specific keyword signature, suggesting a wide supporting role. Their second project, MOREandLESS (2021–2025), shows a sharp narrowing toward concrete technical deliverables: aeroacoustic test campaigns, combustion modeling, emissions reduction, and alternative fuels including liquid hydrogen. The trajectory points clearly toward environmental performance and regulatory compliance for supersonic aviation — a niche growing in importance as the EU tightens aviation emissions standards and low-boom certification frameworks emerge.

FICG is moving from broad aerospace participation toward specialized environmental performance modeling for supersonic aircraft — a technically narrow but strategically important position as EU aviation regulations and low-boom certification standards tighten.

How they like to work

FICG operates exclusively as a consortium partner across both H2020 projects — never as project coordinator — which signals a preference or capacity for focused technical contribution over administrative leadership. With 19 distinct partners across 10 countries from just two projects, they clearly work in large, multi-stakeholder research programs rather than small bilateral teams. This pattern suggests they bring a specific, bounded technical capability that large consortia need to fill a specialist gap, without requiring them to manage the project.

FICG has accumulated 19 unique consortium partners across 10 countries from only two projects, indicating participation in large, pan-European research programs — likely alongside major aerospace research institutes, universities, and industry players. Their network is broad relative to their project count, suggesting they entered well-connected programs from the start.

What sets them apart

FICG is unusual in being a civil engineering foundation — not an aerospace institute or university aeronautics department — working at the frontier of supersonic aviation research. This cross-domain background likely explains their specific niche: environmental impact assessment, noise analysis, and regulatory-aligned modeling that mainstream aerospace groups treat as secondary. For consortium builders seeking geographic diversity (Galicia, NW Spain) and a civil engineering perspective on high-speed flight environmental performance, FICG fills a gap that few comparable organizations cover.

Highlights from their portfolio

• STRATOFLY
  Their largest project by EC funding (EUR 315,000) and first H2020 entry, focused on the technically ambitious domain of stratospheric high-speed propulsion — placing FICG among a select European group exploring hypersonic aircraft concepts.
• MOREandLESS
  Combines regulatory framework development with environmental performance modeling for supersonic aviation, positioning FICG at the intersection of aerospace engineering and EU sustainability compliance — a combination with growing commercial relevance as supersonic aircraft approach certification.