LATELECOERE

Their core work

Latelec is a French aerospace equipment supplier based in Toulouse, specializing in electrical wiring interconnection systems (EWIS), cabin equipment, and onboard systems for aircraft and rotorcraft. As part of the Latécoère group, they design and manufacture the wiring harnesses and electrical subsystems that power avionics, flight controls, and cabin functions on civil and military platforms. Their H2020 work places them inside the Clean Sky 2 Fast Rotorcraft programme, contributing aerospace-grade electrical and systems integration expertise to next-generation tiltrotor and compound helicopter demonstrators.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

In the first H2020 phase (2014-2019, FRC GAM 2018, EUR 2.4M) Latelec contributed to the Fast Rotorcraft demonstrator effort as a systems supplier without sharply tagged technical keywords. The 2020-2024 follow-on (GAM-2020-FRC) sharpens focus explicitly toward tiltrotor and compound aircraft, with emphasis on payload-lifting capability, fuel burn reduction, and long-range performance. The trajectory shows a move from general rotorcraft support toward more specialized contributions to high-speed, fuel-efficient next-generation rotorcraft.

Continuing deeper into Clean Sky / Clean Aviation rotorcraft work, with growing focus on tiltrotor and fuel-efficient long-range platforms — a good fit for partners building next-generation vertical-lift aircraft.

How they like to work

Latelec participates exclusively as a partner (never coordinator) inside large Clean Sky 2 consortia, working with 27 unique partners across 8 countries. The pattern is that of a specialist industrial supplier plugging into programmes led by airframers and integrators rather than running research agendas themselves. Working with them means getting industrial-grade aerospace wiring and systems expertise inside an existing consortium, not academic exploration.

27 unique partners across 8 countries, concentrated in the European aerospace ecosystem around the Clean Sky 2 Fast Rotorcraft programme, with a French industrial anchor in Toulouse.

What sets them apart

Latelec (Latécoère group) is one of the few mid-tier European aerospace suppliers with hands-on heritage in both aircraft wiring and cabin systems, which is why airframers pull them into rotorcraft demonstrators. Unlike pure research partners, they bring manufacturing maturity and serial-production credibility — useful when a consortium needs a partner that can industrialize what the R&D proves out. For someone building a rotorcraft or advanced air mobility consortium, they are a practical choice for the electrical and onboard-systems slot.

Highlights from their portfolio

• FRC GAM 2018
  Their largest H2020 contribution (EUR 2.4M) inside the Clean Sky 2 Fast Rotorcraft Grant Agreement for Members — the flagship European next-generation rotorcraft programme.
• GAM-2020-FRC
  Continuation phase focused explicitly on tiltrotor and compound aircraft with fuel-burn and long-range objectives, showing sustained strategic commitment to advanced rotorcraft.