A significant number of our engineers are involved in Research & Development, exploring new paths to innovation day after day.
Innovative Materials
R&D team is exploring innovative materials, processes and applications of special treatments to increase product performance and strength and to reduce weight and improve environmental impact, to help make air travel safer and more environmentally friendly. These activities are aimed at achieving sustainable production and design.
Additive manufacturing
Additive manufacturing, one of the latest production processes, is used to optimise the weight and cost of complex parts and to apply intelligent products. AM technologies have almost unlimited potential and the range of applications has increased in recent years, industries have faced challenges in adopting these technologies.
Electromechanical
The replacement of hydraulic systems with fully electric systems on board new and future aircraft sees MAGROUP fully involved in the adoption of electromechanical technology for the development of new landing gears and actuation systems. This process is part of a “green” perspective which is a fundamental part of the future of aeronautics.
SHM
Our development projects such as advanced structural health monitoring (SHM) systems and intelligent products are geared towards increasing safety and reducing maintenance and repair costs. The field of SHM encompasses transdisciplinary areas, including intelligent materials, sensors and actuators, damage diagnosis and prognosis.
Strongly focused on innovative technologies, MAGROUP is a major player in the European Clean Sky 2 research programme, designed to foster the emergence of disruptive technologies in the aviation sector. While improving the environmental performance of aircraft to make air transport greener than ever before. In this challenging environment, the company plays an important role in several ambitious projects.
The T-WING project, in which the Group appears as main partner of Leonardo Helicopters, aims to design, manufacture and qualify an innovative composite wing, including control surfaces, for the next-generation civil inclined rotorcraft (NGCTR).
In the ANGELA project, as a partner of Airbus Helicopters, MAGROUP designs and manufactures an innovative landing gear system complete with composite doors for the RACER long-range fast rotorcraft, high cruise speed, low fuel consumption and gas emissions, low noise impact for the community and productivity for operators.
The Group is participating in three Clean Sky 2 projects, mainly aimed at developing electromechanical actuation systems for landing gear extension/retraction, steering function and brake function. The simultaneous participation in three different projects as Core Partner within the European Clean Sky 2 Research Programme represents a record that no one has ever achieved before.