{"id":58213,"date":"2015-06-22T10:35:18","date_gmt":"2015-06-22T10:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=ea9136f05e26e4d44d5e169ce8019d71"},"modified":"2015-06-22T10:35:18","modified_gmt":"2015-06-22T10:35:18","slug":"press-release-boost-for-aerospace-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=58213","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Boost for aerospace industry"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<ul>\n<li>minister opens \u00a360 million aerospace and <abbr title=\"3 dimensional\">3D<\/abbr> printing centre<\/li>\n<li>four research projects announced<\/li>\n<li>small firms encouraged to apply to \u00a310 million fund<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Business Minister Anna Soubry today (22 June 2015) opened new cutting edge research facilities in Coventry and announced new technology projects to keep the UK a world leader in aerospace.<\/p>\n<p>The projects, which are jointly funded by industry and government, include work to develop \u2018slippery wings\u2019 and boost productivity. Anna Soubry announced them whilst opening the Aerospace Research Centre and National Centre for Net Shape and Additive Manufacturing \u2013 commonly referred to as <abbr title=\"3 dimensional\">3D<\/abbr> printing. <\/p>\n<p>The minister also announced the launch of a new \u00a310 million competition to find game-changing aerospace technologies, aimed at small firms. This will open for bids next week and is being run by Innovate UK. <\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.the-mtc.org\/\">Manufacturing Technology Centre<\/a> (<abbr title=\"Manufacturing Technology Centre\">MTC<\/abbr>) in Coventry where the 2 new facilities are based, the Minister said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Government and industry are working together to keep Britain at the forefront of the global aerospace market. We are currently second only to the United States, but there is more to do and it is important that we continue to invest in <abbr title=\"research and development\">R&amp;D<\/abbr> and develop ground-breaking technologies.<\/p>\n<p>Demand for new aircraft is at record levels &#8211; around 45,000 new aircraft and 40,000 helicopters are needed between now and 2032, worth over $5 trillion.  This will provide billions of pounds of work to the UK economy given our leading capability in wings, engines, helicopters, advanced systems and services.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">Getting this right will deliver economic benefit through our large, mid-sized and small companies across the breadth of the country.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The 4 projects announced today are receiving funding from the joint government and industry \u00a32.1 billion commitment for aerospace <abbr title=\"research and development\">R&amp;D<\/abbr>, guided by the Aerospace Technology Institute (<abbr title=\"Aerospace Technology Institute\">ATI<\/abbr>). The projects are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a37.2 million for Airbus to research ways to remove imperfections on wing surfaces which cause drag \u2013 making them \u2018slippery\u2019<\/li>\n<li>\u00a35 million for 5 partners, led by Meggitt, to research how pioneering technologies, such as the Internet of Things, can be applied to aircraft factory production<\/li>\n<li>\u00a36.4 million for Spirit AeroSystems, the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (<abbr title=\"Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre\">AMRC<\/abbr>) and Aeromet to research advanced automated assembly technologies \u2013 a factory of the future &#8211; to improve the cost competitiveness of the UK supply chain.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a34.4 million to support UTC Aerospace Systems, working with the <abbr title=\"Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre\">AMRC<\/abbr>, to set up production lines to manufacture high volume, low cost advanced composite products<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Aerospace Research Centre and National Centre for Net Shape and Additive Manufacturing are jointly funded by government and industry, and were announced by the Chancellor in January 2014. <\/p>\n<p>The aerospace centre will allow companies to develop new materials such as lightweight carbon fibre for use in planes, jet engines and civil helicopters. The <abbr title=\"3 dimensional\">3D<\/abbr> printing centre will develop new products for aero-engines and aircraft landing gear, as well as automotive and medical devices.<\/p>\n<p>Chief Executive of the <abbr title=\"Aerospace Technology Institute\">ATI<\/abbr> Gary Elliott said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\">Seeing the Aerospace Research Centre open and the launch of projects involving companies from within the heart of the supply chain are good examples of the collaboration between Government and industry creating a more competitive sector of enriched capabilities and increased productivity. The <abbr title=\"Aerospace Technology Institute\">ATI<\/abbr>\u2019s focus on technologies and manufacturing is ensuring investments are focused and economically sound.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3 id=\"notes-to-editors\">Notes to editors<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/organisations\/innovate-uk\">Innovate UK\u2019s<\/a> <abbr title=\"Highly Innovative Technology Enablers in Aerospace 3\">HITEA 3<\/abbr> (Highly Innovative Technology Enablers in Aerospace 3) competition is a \u00a310 million funding pot to support innovative, novel ideas in aerospace technology to take off and move from research to commercial application. It is primarily aimed at small and medium-sized enterprise, academia and research and technology organisations.<\/li>\n<li>The Aerospace Research Centre and National Centre for Net Shape and Additive Manufacturing have each received \u00a315 million government investment.<\/li>\n<li>Further information visit <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.the-mtc.org\">Manufacturing Technology Centre<\/a>. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Business Minister Anna Soubry opens new cutting edge research facilities in Coventry and announces new technology projects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58213"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=58213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58213\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=58213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=58213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}