RAMAL SRL

Their core work

RAMAL SRL is an Italian private company specializing in aerospace engineering and manufacturing, with demonstrated expertise in aircraft and rotor-craft structures. Their work is embedded in the Clean Sky 2 programme under the AIRFRAME Innovative Technology Demonstrator, where they contribute to developing lighter, more energy-efficient airframe components. Their focus spans both fixed-wing aircraft and rotorcraft, with an emphasis on eco-design principles — designing components that reduce weight, fuel consumption, and environmental footprint across the aircraft lifecycle. They are not a research institution; they are an industrial contributor translating advanced aerospace engineering requirements into manufacturable solutions.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

RAMAL's first project (GAM AIR 2018, 2014–2019) left no recorded keywords, suggesting their initial role was narrow or manufacturing-focused without clearly documented thematic scope. By the second project (GAM-2020-AIR, 2020–2024), a richer thematic identity emerged: aircraft, rotor-craft, energy efficiency, cost efficiency, and eco design — a profile consistent with growing involvement in multi-platform aerospace design criteria. The shift suggests RAMAL moved from executing specific manufacturing tasks toward contributing more broadly to design-for-sustainability requirements across aircraft types.

RAMAL is tracking the aviation industry's push toward greener, more versatile aircraft — their keyword evolution points toward eco-design and multi-platform efficiency, suggesting they are positioning for future Horizon Europe clean aviation calls.

How they like to work

RAMAL operates exclusively as a participant, never as a project coordinator — they join large industrial programmes rather than leading them. Both projects are within the same AIRFRAME ITD framework, suggesting they are a trusted, recurring contributor within a specific consortium structure rather than a broad network builder. Working with them likely means engaging a focused technical supplier willing to subordinate project leadership to a prime contractor while delivering on a well-defined manufacturing or engineering scope.

RAMAL has accumulated 94 unique consortium partners across 15 countries — a large network by volume, though this largely reflects the scale of the Clean Sky 2 Joint Technology Initiative rather than RAMAL's own relationship-building. Their geographic reach is European, anchored in aviation industry clusters.

What sets them apart

RAMAL is one of a limited number of Italian private companies (non-SME) with continuous Clean Sky 2 AIRFRAME ITD participation across two successive programme phases (2014–2024), giving them rare institutional knowledge of how this programme operates. Their dual coverage of fixed-wing aircraft and rotorcraft within eco-design frameworks makes them relevant to a broad slice of European aviation manufacturing. For consortia building Horizon Europe Clean Aviation proposals, RAMAL offers an experienced industrial partner with a track record in the predecessor programme's most demanding structural domain.

Highlights from their portfolio

• GAM-2020-AIR
  The larger of the two projects (€672,779), running through 2024, it documents RAMAL's most developed technical profile — covering aircraft, rotorcraft, energy efficiency, and eco design — and represents their most recent and visible EU-funded work.
• GAM AIR 2018
  RAMAL's entry point into Clean Sky 2 AIRFRAME ITD (2014–2019), establishing the long-term relationship with this programme that underpins all their subsequent EU-funded activity.