Radia and MAGROUP Magnaghi Aerospace Announce Partnership to Develop WindRunner Landing System
Radia and MAGROUP Magnaghi Aerospace Announce Partnership to Develop WindRunner Landing System
Boulder, CO, USA. November 20, 2024 – Today, Radia is pleased to announce that Italian aerospace company MAGROUP Magnaghi Aerospace will be developing the landing system for the WindRunner aircraft. Magnaghi joins a growing list of suppliers that will develop various on-board systems for WindRunner, including Leonardo in Italy who will develop the fuselage.
For over 85 years, Magnaghi has been a leading provider of landing gear systems internationally. They have provided the aerospace industry with over 20,000 systems on more than 7,000 aircraft and will bring their expertise in development, qualification, production, and maintenance to support the development of the landing system for WindRunner.
“This partnership builds on Magnaghi’s technological growth over the past 20 years and our significant historical heritage dating back to 1936,” said Giorgio Iannotti, MAGROUP Magnaghi Aerospace’s Landing & Actuation Systems Division CEO. “We will continue to demonstrate the ingenuity, flexibility, and agility of Magnaghi and participate in the energy market with our innovations through this partnership with Radia.”
“Magnaghi is a world-class supplier, and we are thrilled to welcome them to our WindRunner team,” said Mark Lundstrom, Radia founder and CEO. “Magnaghi shares our entrepreneurial vision and will be instrumental in the success of WindRunner. This partnership strengthens Radia ties to the Italian aerospace community, and we look forward to contributing to further develop the industry in Italy.”
WindRunner is the world’s largest aircraft being developed to transport offshore sized wind turbine blades to develop high-capacity onshore wind farms. These high-capacity onshore wind farms are called “GigaWind” – a segment that Radia is also working to develop.
About Radia
Radia is an energy company building a unique aerial transportation solution, the WindRunner, to radically expand the scope and scale of the onshore wind energy industry. Simultaneously, Radia is developing a world-class portfolio of wind energy projects to leverage this solution and partnering with the world’s largest energy and industrial companies to support their energy transition plans. This unique combination of capabilities allows Radia to bring together the ecosystem of stakeholders and partners to enable GigaWind – the largest onshore wind turbines manufactured by our partners deployed to more places to deliver differentiated low-cost clean electricity and, correspondingly, green molecules and synthetic fuels. Radia has been selected both as a World Economic Forum Global Unicorn and as an Endeavor Entrepreneur in their competitive International Selection Panel process.
About MAGROUP Magnaghi Aerospace
MAGROUP Magnaghi Aeronautica Group, the operating parent company of seven leading companies in the aerospace industrial segment, designs, manufactures hydraulic and electromechanical landing and actuation systems for fixed and rotary wing aircraft, civil aviation, and defense. Apart from Magnaghi Aeronautica, the Group includes Salver, which develops and produces aerospace structures made of advanced high performance composite materials. Metal Sud, a company specialized in surface treatments and special processes for the protection of aeronautical components. Magnaghi Brazil, which produces assemblies and aeronautical components, along with all complementary special processes. Blair-HSM our US operation, which is specialized in the production of landing systems and complex aerospace components. Air Marine and Airlift Hydraulics, a supplier of landing gear maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services, also providing plating services and surface treatments for the aerospace industry. Magnaghi UK, a recent acquisition of MAGROUP in the UK: Nu-Pro and Stanmar join the Group. The companies, based in Gloucestershire produce machined parts and are suppliers of surface treatments for the aerospace industry. Last year two Canadian companies CFN Aeronautique and Tecnickrome joined MAGROUP. For more details: www.magroup.net
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