GKN Aerospace Services Limited

New sustainable innovations are necessary to meet the evolving and critical needs of Co2e reduction targets for the aerospace sector and to deliver costs that remain competitive, maintain and grow capability and onshore work to the UK. Manufacturing carbon composite airframe structure today demands a high level of manual labour involving many separate com...

The MEFSVS project is led by SME Ultima Forma in collaboration with leading tier 1 supplier GKN Aerospace. Liquid hydrogen has been identified in the FlyZero programme and ATI Technology roadmaps as the future fuel for zero-carbon aviation by 2050\. Hydrogen provides high energy density with minimal environmental impact on combustion and zero CO2 emission...

GKN Aerospace will lead the ATI ISLAA (Implementation of Sustainable Large Additive for Aerospace) project. The project will bring together GKN's aerospace manufacturing expertise with the centre for modelling and simulation (CFMS), the University of Bristol and the University of Manchester in order to advance and implement large scale additive manufactur...

H2FlyGHT is a strategic industrial research programme as part of an international flight demonstration programme led by Embraer with an objective to develop and test a fully integrated liquid hydrogen fuel system, fuel cell power generation system and cryogenic electrical propulsion system for the next generation of zero emission aircraft. The H2FlyGHT pr...

The Multi-Application Bonding (MABond) programme is focussed on developing and leveraging advanced technologies to reduce the number of fasteners from future airframe designs. Unlike existing uses of adhesives in aerospace, this project will pave the way for use in more highly loaded and critical joints, which previously required rivets, nuts and bolts or...

**D**igitally **E**nabled **C**ompetitive and **S**ustainable **A**dditive **M**anufacturing (**DECSAM**) aims to **boost adoption of Laser Powder Bed Fusion Additive Manufacturing** (L-PBF AM). With a cohesive and aligned vision the **world leading consortium** aims to validate a step change enabling L-PBF AM to be **cost-competitive** and **sustainable*...

HyFIVE is a strategic industrial research programme to develop and test a smart, connected liquid hydrogen (LH2) fuel system for the next generation of zero emission aircraft, led by a UK based consortium of major aerospace suppliers. The 4-year programme aims to grow the UK aerospace industry while responding to the government's Net Zero Strategy carbon ...

This project supports the digital transformation of aircraft design by developing new multi-disciplinary and multi-fidelity simulation tools that will enable novel aircraft architectures with improved aerodynamics and reduced noise emissions. This project addresses more specifically the design issues of electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing aircraft deve...

Metal parts are used in everything we need to go about our lives, from power plants to hip implants to rocket engines. Global events have highlighted how fragile supply chains can be, and there is new enthusiasm for reshoring manufacturing across sectors. The increasing cost of energy, a shortage of skilled labour and a looming environmental crisis are dr...

With an ever increasing global commercial aircraft fleet, and considering the global emissions that result from aircraft manufacture and from aircraft in-service, it is more important than ever to focus on the design of more efficient, lighter weight, lower emission aircraft, manufactured with a process that considers, and is conscious of, the environment...

This project addresses high inefficiency and resource consumption within aerospace Computer Numerical Control (CNC) manufacturing. Through novel adoption of CloudNC's autonomous manufacturing technology right-first-time and throughput are increased, while human effort, material and energy consumption are decreased. UK Aerospace parts are high-value; popul...

Project Butterfly brings together a consortium of UK high value and fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) organisations working across sectors, along with solution providers and research organisations to share best practice and demonstrate the power of I4.0 to deliver near-term impact on the road to net zero manufacturing. The climate emergency is an importan...