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Airbus Operations Limited

UK company 03468788, incorporated on 20 November 1997.

Airbus Operations Limited is a UK company with status active founded in 1997 based in South West England.

Company number
03468788
Incorporated
20 Nov 1997
Companies House status
Active

Company identity

Founded / incorporated
20 November 1997

Company number 03468788

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Legal name
AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
Company type
LTD
Region
South West England
Registered address
Unknown
Insolvency history
No

Corporate ownership

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Airbus Operations Limited
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Company events

Reference milestones and recent Companies House filing stream events.

3 events
02 Sep
2026

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07 Jul
2026

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20 Nov
1997

Incorporated

Inception

Company registered at Companies House

Public funding

83 awards
First funded
2011
Funded years
2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026
Age at first award
13 years

Projects

2026 Legacy Department of Trade & Industry

Cryogenic Hydrogen Aerospace Motor Pump (CHAMP)

1 Sep 2026 to 31 Aug 2030

Awarded
£53,414
Total cost £106,828

**The objective of the CHAMP (Cryogenic Hydrogen Aerospace Motor Pump) project** is to develop **state-of-the-art liquid hydrogen fuel pumping technology** specifically for a **new generation of commercial hydrogen powered aircraft**. CHAMP is a collaboration between industry and academic experts from Eaton, Airbus, Advanced Design Technology (ADT), Unive...

2025 Legacy Department of Trade & Industry Lead participant

Wing IntegRATE_1

1 Jul 2025 to 30 Jun 2028

Awarded
£11,625,040
Total cost £23,250,081

**IntegRATE\_1** will develop the Wing Assembly Industrial technologies which are required to assemble the wings for Airbus's Next Generation Single-Aisle (NGSA) commercial aircraft, which will incorporate new ultra-efficient engines. The Next Generation Single-Aisle (NGSA) commercial aircraft will be capable of using 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF)....

2025 Legacy Department of Trade & Industry Lead participant

DAWS - FT Development of Advanced Wing Solutions - Flight Test

1 Jul 2025 to 31 Mar 2028

Awarded
£11,114,412
Total cost £22,228,824

Improving the performance of wings is one of the biggest opportunities for optimising fuel efficiency. Alongside the engine, the wing is one of the biggest levers to improve the performance of an aircraft. The next generation wing has the potential to contribute as much to overall aircraft efficiency gains as the next generation engine. On all aircraft, e...

2025 Knowledge Transfer Partnership

Edinburgh Napier University and Airbus Operations Limited KTP 24_25 R1

10 Apr 2025 to 10 Jan 2028

Awarded
£0
Total cost £0

To enhance Airbus' existing maturity assessment framework with the project outputs leading to improved secure communications and incident response, and paving the way for a secure and resilient supply chain network.

2025 Legacy Department of Trade & Industry Lead participant

System Optimisation of Non-propulsive energy in Aircraft Taxi technologies and Architectures (SONATA)

1 Apr 2025 to 31 Mar 2030

Awarded
£5,805,076
Total cost £12,629,491

SONATA (System Optimisation of Non-propulsive energy in Aircraft Taxi technologies and Architectures) supports Sustainable taxi Operations through development and integration of technology bricks for an On-aircraft, Electric Wheel Taxi System.

2025 Legacy Department of Trade & Industry Lead participant

Technologies to Reduce and Assess Contrail Effects (TRACE)

1 Apr 2025 to 30 Sep 2027

Awarded
£2,052,726
Total cost £4,105,451

**Airbus recognises that non-CO2 emissions are an important subject for aviation and is already actively working on a large portfolio of projects addressing non-CO2 emissions, their generation and climate impacts.** Airbus will continue its focus on reducing CO2 emissions from aviation, whilst - in collaboration with research institutions, universities an...

2024 Legacy Department of Trade & Industry Lead participant

AdVanced wIngs enAbling ulTra effIcient propulsiON_1 (AVIATION_1)

1 Oct 2024 to 31 Dec 2026

Awarded
£6,439,715
Total cost £12,879,429

AVIATION_1 will deliver structure and systems technologies which are required to integrate ultra-efficient and zero-carbon emission engines onto the wings of an aircraft to provide a significant improvement in aircraft efficiency and reduction in CO2 emissions. The next generation of commercial aircraft will use 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) and Hy...

2024 EU-Funded Lead participant

Hasta

1 Sep 2024 to 31 Aug 2027

Awarded
£104,458
Total cost £104,458

Environmental concerns motivate a transition to liquid hydrogen aviation fuel in coming decades, and for this technology the size, placement and connections of the hydrogen tank on an aircraft are key decisions. The Hydrogen Aircraft Sloshing Tank Advancement project (HASTA) aims to experimentally and computationally investigate the storage of liquid hydr...

2024 Legacy Department of Trade & Industry Lead participant

ZEROe Development Centre Capital and Infrastructure Phase 2

1 Jul 2024 to 30 Sep 2027

Awarded
£17,474,318
Total cost £34,948,636

Airbus's ambition is to develop the world's first hydrogen-powered commercial aircraft by 2035\. The ZEROe programme explores a variety of configurations and technology options that will shape the development of our future hydrogen aircraft. The Filton ZEROe Development Centre (ZeDC), with strong links into the ATI Hydrogen Capability Network (HCN) Test C...

2024 Legacy Department of Trade & Industry Lead participant

Digitally Enabled Competitive and Sustainable Additive Manufacturing (DECSAM)

1 Jul 2024 to 30 Jun 2028

Awarded
£3,791,152
Total cost £7,582,303

**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*...

2024 EU-Funded Lead participant

Ground Operations of LIquid hydrogen AircrafT

1 May 2024 to 30 Apr 2028

Awarded
£1,816,417
Total cost £2,794,488

Developing aircraft using hydrogen is seen as a major lever to reach net-zero CO2 emissions by 2050 and to secure the long-term sustainability of air travel. In order to enable a widespread development of hydrogen aviation, it is essential for airport operators that a future regulatory framework is implemented for the handling of large quantities of hydro...

2024 Feasibility Studies

Carbon and Hydrogen transportation to SAF production facilities

1 Mar 2024 to 31 May 2024

Awarded
£0
Total cost £9,440

Product types

BEIS-Funded Programmes BIS-Funded Programmes Collaborative R&D EU-Funded Feasibility Studies Knowledge Transfer Partnership Legacy Department of Trade & Industry Small Business Research Initiative