Inmarsat Global Limited Public Funding

The consortium's vision for _HEART_ (**_H_**_ydrogen**-**_ **_E_**lectric and **_A_**utomated **_R_**egional **_T_**ransportation) is to develop a sub-regional air transportation network that is _zero carbon_, _affordable_, _scalable_ and _safer_ and with a targeted entry into service in 2025\. Consortium partners include: Blue Bear, ZeroAvia, Loganair, HIAL, Britten-Norman, Inmarsat, Protium, Weston Williamson + Partners, Fleet-on-demand and Edinburgh Napier University. Project HEART is aimed at sub-regional aviation (9-19 PAX aircraft, <500NM). Today's operations are economically uncompetitive due to the high operating costs of the aircraft relative to the number of seats and labour-intensive ground operations amongst other factors. By introducing state-of-the-art technology and infrastructure, the consortium will unlock a sub-regional air travel market that will avoid major congested airports and instead utilise the \>100 licensed airfields around the UK. Passengers can then experience shorter door-to-door travel times, cheaper ticket prices, and a zero-carbon travel option. The key enablers that the HEART consortium will develop during the Future Flight Challenge to unlock this market are: * Novel aircraft with hydrogen fuel cell powertrains and on-board automation (to reduce pilot workload and enable remote support) that will significantly reduce marginal cost of operations. * Green hydrogen infrastructure (production, storage, handling and refuelling) to support and sustain full scale operations together with a skilled workforce to operate and maintain this infrastructure and aircraft. * Single (not two) pilot operations through use of next generation digital towers and remote co-piloting stations to assist pilots during high workload situations which, in turn, enable higher operational safety and scalability within a high-volume network. * Use of a hybrid connectivity solution which combines high bandwidth terrestrial networks (3G/5G) with high-reliability satellite communications to support remote co-piloting and mission critical communication in the cockpit, as well as additional revenue streams from in-cabin use. * Use of autonomous ground robots to 'guide' aircraft, automate baggage loading/unloading and handle refuelling operations. This will increase operational safety, reduce operating costs and enable scale-up of operations. * Radical new aircraft terminal designs that are low-cost, modular and scalable. These terminals will ensure quick intermodal transfers for passengers and automated infrastructure. * Integration of the HEART network with other transportation modes through mobility-as-a-services solutions to enable fast intermodal transfers, door-to-door journeys and 'just-in-time' operator models. Other modes to include existing first/last mile options such as buses and taxis and future solutions such as eVTOLs. * Addressing social acceptance issues such as 'perceived safety of hydrogen powertrains', 'remote co-pilot operations' and understanding the various levers that will affect public perception of these technologies. In Phase 2, the consortium will undertake various proof-of-concept demonstrations to work towards a certifiable commercial demonstration at the end of Phase 3\. The two phases of the Future Flight Challenge project will fast track market readiness by 2025 and full deployment in the UK between 2025 and 2030\.

The vision for the Airspace of the Future (AoF) project is to enable routine operational drone services in a safe coordinated environment on a regional and national basis in cognisance of realistic end user requirements; validated by robust business cases, simulation, stakeholder and public engagement; underpinned by an integrated transportation model with aviation at its core and an exploitation roadmap for the UK. The key deliverables of AoF are as follows recognising that activities will transition from the development into demonstration phase: 1. Develop the rules, system of systems and operational safety cases to allow mixed use airspace by manned and unmanned traffic, 2. Develop a virtual experimentation environment and digital twins to test new rules, processes, systems, technology and operating concepts rapidly at scale, 3. Establish a national test and evaluation facility for commercial unmanned vehicles with representative operational environments which are digitally trusted and secure, 4. Develop customer use cases for large-scale virtual and live demonstration in an expanded and open access environment during Future Flight Challenge (FFC) Phase 3, and 5. Develop a blueprint for the future national airspace structures and ground infrastructure. The innovative and new capabilities to deliver the AoF project are: 1. Enable unsegregated Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) and complex autonomous flights, 2. Establish a Live, Virtual and Constructed (LVC) test environment at Cranfield to support the regulatory system of system safety case, 3. Commission an incremental national test environment with the regulatory and local authorities at Cranfield and expand to explore more complex ground and airspace challenges for the use cases to enable commercially viable operations at scale, 4. Develop innovative surveillance and traffic management capabilities to safely manage airspace interaction with current systems, and 5. Develop a future airspace blueprint while balancing the existing Air Traffic Management (ATM) systems, future Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM) systems, digital trust of users and equipment, cyber resilience of infrastructure and data connectivity. The AoF builds on investment in UK Digital Aviation Research and Technology Centre and UK National BVLOS Experimentation Corridor. Research by the members includes Open Access UTM Framework project for the DfT and regulatory activities in the CAA Innovation 'Sandbox'. The AoF consortium has the capacity, skills and world-leading domain expertise, knowledge and facilities to deliver this innovative project which has export potential. This project will drive growth, innovation and accelerate adoption of the air mobility sector and the clean growth challenge.

"We are on a mission to protect the global marine fishing ecosystem, improve regulatory compliance, and save fishing operators money. Our vision is of a safer, fairer and more sustainable industry where the main source of protein for ? of the world's population is secured. To achieve this we need to tackle the problems of illegal, unregulated and unrecorded fishing practice, especially the problem of bycatch and discards. If these problems are not tackled then the fishing ecosystem and its industry will decline. We believe this can be accomplished through use of Edge Intelligence Technology (Edge AI) delivered to captains, crews and shorebased stakeholders at point of operation. **FrontM is an AI platform company** focussed on overcoming digital poverty in remote and isolated environments, such as the Blue Economy. The [World Bank][0] defines the blue economy as the _""sustainable use of ocean resources for economic growth, improved livelihoods and jobs, while preserving the health of ocean ecosystem.""_ We're partnered in this venture by **Nick Lambert Associates International**. They are a [Blue Economy][1] solutions company creating concepts and projects to provide socio-economic benefit in the marine and maritime environments. We're also partnered by **Inmarsat Global** ([LSE][2]: [ISAT][3]) is a British [satellite telecommunications][4] company, offering global mobile services. Blue Economy Messenger (BeM) is FrontM's AI powered product to transform how fishermen plan their routes, catch fish, log the catch, abide to regulations and sell their catch. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Bank [1]: http://nlaltd.com/the-blue-economy [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Stock_Exchange ""London Stock Exchange"" [3]: https://www.londonstockexchange.com/exchange/searchengine/search.html?lang=en&x=0&y=0&q=ISAT [4]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communications_satellite ""Communications satellite"""

CatchM is a research project by FrontM to establish feasibility of a catch monitoring and logging solution using edge intelligence (satellite internet connection in remote environments), artificial intelligence and data optimisation algorithms. The 2013 Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) brought in a Europe wide ban on the the quota violating act of throwing good fish back into the sea. However, discarding persists in the UK and worldwide (27% of catches [http://www.fao.org/docrep/008/y5936e/y5936e07.htm\#fn4][0]). Attempts at enforcement through existing VMS (Vessel Monitoring Systems), REM (Remote Electronic Monitoring) over CCTV are proving unworkable at an overall global cost of $4.5 billion/year ([www.fao.org][1]). CatchM has the potential to be an efficient value-for-money catch logging and discard monitoring solution for marine fishing operators and the Marine Management Organisation, the UK's fishing regulator. This project is aimed at proving the effectiveness, cost savings and wider industry benefits of CatchM as a new VMS alternative to the struggling expensive REM solution. About Front M FrontM helps communication service providers establish more meaningful relationships with their customers in remote spaces. Less than half the planet is connected over terrestrial mobile telecommunication networks. Satellite operators are working towards overcoming this connectivity divide. This includes connecting industries operating in remote spaces: maritime markets (e.g. fishing, work-boats, dredgers, freight); remote land markets (e.g. mining, first responders in disaster zones); and aviation markets (e.g. commercial aviation). While technological advancement in Artificial Intelligence is transforming the landscape in urban and always-connected environments, in remote spaces the high cost of satellite bandwidth makes it prohibitively expensive for businesses to take full advantage of AI that needs constant-cloud connectivity and high bandwidth availability. The FrontM platform overcomes that and helps businesses serving remote customers over satellite connections to hold intelligent, humanised and fluid automated interactions with remote users. This creates operational efficiencies through smarter detection and prediction of customer needs, and automation of a user-centred meaningful response, leading to a better experience for their customers. FrontM: * works in remote environments to deliver instant help for customers in their moment of need * uses data compression and optimisation to deliver maximum information while consuming minimum bandwidth of satellite network * includes a private and secure front end for businesses and their customers FrontM is led by management and technology experts with 30+ years of satellite communications industry experience. Our team includes thought leaders, technologists and data science specialists and edge computing PHD scientists. [0]: http://www.fao.org/docrep/008/y5936e/y5936e07.htm#fn4 [1]: http://www.fao.org

Imagine when you got into your car that you did not have an accurate measure of on-board fuel, and when you got going you had little idea of your fuel consumption or of how your driving style, road conditions and the necessity to be at a certain place at a certain time changed this, and you weren't sure if you complied with emissions legislation. Translate this to ships where engines can be one thousand times more powerful. This project aims to get accurate metering, position, speed and other operational information that provides decisions on prompt arrival, minimum use of fuel, taking account of weather and other operational constraints, onto most vessels by being low-cost, robust, easily retro-fittable and easy to understand, so that operators, owners and clients can make informed decisions about the economic and environmental impact of individual ships. In addition these data can be used by ports and national authorities to speed inspection procedures and inform the public about the impact of shipping in their locale.

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