MEGGITT UK LIMITED

Their core work

Meggitt is a large UK-based aerospace and defense components manufacturer specializing in sensing, monitoring, and thermal management systems. In H2020, they contributed expertise in aircraft equipment integration and landing gear sensing before expanding into industrial energy recovery through supercritical CO2 (sCO2) turbomachinery. Their work bridges aerospace-grade engineering with energy sector applications, particularly waste heat valorization in heavy industries like cement, glass, and aluminum production.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

Meggitt's early H2020 involvement (2015–2020) centered squarely on aerospace transport — aircraft powerplant equipment and landing gear monitoring systems. Their most recent project (CO2OLHEAT, 2021–2025) marks a significant pivot toward energy, specifically sCO2 turbomachinery for industrial waste heat recovery. This shift suggests Meggitt is applying its thermal management and turbomachinery know-how from aerospace into the growing industrial decarbonization space.

Meggitt is transferring aerospace thermal and turbomachinery expertise into industrial decarbonization, positioning for the growing demand in waste heat-to-power solutions.

How they like to work

Meggitt operates flexibly — they have served as coordinator, participant, and third party across their three projects, showing adaptability rather than a fixed consortium role. Despite few projects, they have worked with 40 unique partners across 13 countries, indicating participation in large, multi-national consortia. This breadth suggests they are a trusted industrial partner that large consortia seek out for specific component-level expertise rather than project leadership.

Meggitt has collaborated with 40 unique partners across 13 countries, a wide network relative to their three projects. This reflects participation in large EU consortia, particularly through Clean Sky 2 and energy demonstration programs.

What sets them apart

Meggitt brings aerospace-grade precision engineering — sensors, monitoring systems, and thermal components — into contexts where reliability under extreme conditions is essential. Their crossover from aviation into sCO2 power cycles is distinctive: few industrial companies can bring flight-certified thermal management experience to energy recovery applications. For consortium builders, they offer a credible industrial end-user perspective combined with hands-on component development capability.

Highlights from their portfolio

• CO2OLHEAT
  Their largest funded project (€692K), demonstrating sCO2 power cycles for waste heat recovery across cement, glass, and aluminum industries — a major pivot into energy.
• ALGeSMo
  Their only coordinator role, developing advanced landing gear sensing and monitoring under Clean Sky 2 — showcases their core aerospace sensing competence.