The University of Southampton has worked with Royal Mail on a trial of fully autonomous scheduled drone flights. The trial will see the Company use Uncrewed Aerial Vehicle (UAV) flights to deliver Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), COVID testing kits and other mail to the Isles of Scilly. The Government-funded project, which has been developed in […]
CFD is an important enabler for UK aerospace technology development. This ATI survey aims to gather information on the UK CFD effort as a first step in considering our readiness to address future technology and competitiveness challenges. We invite all UK groups active in the development and/or use of CFD methods for aerospace industry applications […]
Gas Turbine Research Centre Cardiff University’s GTRC undertakes research in the field of novel combustion systems, components, and fuels, under elevated conditions of temperature and pressure. https://www.cu-gtrc.co.uk/
ADS represents and supports more than 1100 UK businesses operating in the aerospace, defence, security and space sectors. www.adsgroup.org.uk
Accelerating The Journey to Zero-Emissions Aviation: Developing a Commercially Viable Hydrogen Fuel Cell Propulsion System Wednesday 19th May 2021 12.00pm – 1.00pm BST With the UK becoming the first major nation to include international aviation in its carbon dioxide emissions targets, and air traffic still expected to reach 10 billion passengers a year by 2050 […]
The Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics within the School of Engineering at the University of Southampton is looking to strengthen and expand in the area of digital design, model-based engineering and model-based systems engineering with focus on new systems and processes required for lifecycle design and the tools required to achieve this. https://jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=1365921DA
The Design and Manufacturing Research Team at Queen’s University Belfast, in partnership with York and Loughborough Universities, has been successful in winning a large-scale Programme Grant from the EPSRC. ‘Re-Imagining Engineering Design’ (RIED) is a £11.5m (with £7.3M from EPSRC) research programme supported by Rolls-Royce, Airbus and NI companies Glen Dimplex, Bombardier, JW Kane and […]
On 20th April, the UK government announced that it is setting “the world’s most ambitious climate change target into law to reduce emissions by 78% by 2035 compared to 1990 levels”. Crucially for aviation, the UK’s share of international aviation emissions is to be incorporated in this drive towards net zero emissions. Details of the […]
A materials expert at the University of Nottingham has secured over £2.1m to develop new coatings for use in aerospace that could cut jet plane CO2 emissions Dr Tanvir Hussain has received the five-year fellowship – funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council – to find new modelling and processing techniques that will overhaul the design […]
Electric motor stator coil [/h2] The University of Nottingham share of Driving the Electric Revolution funding from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) will fund new equipment to support innovative manufacturing processes for advanced electrical machines and drives to deliver on the UK’s net zero ambitions Driving the Electric Revolution award to boost electrification support for businesses […]