Midlands Aerospace Alliance

The Midlands aerospace cluster is a significant contributor to the Midlands economy, and to the UK aerospace industry, responsible for more than 100,000 (\>2%) of all Midlands jobs and more than 20% of the UK aerospace industry's Gross Value Added. Aerospace and aviation are generally agreed to be responsible for about 8% of UK carbon emissions. Moreover,...

FFLIP (Future Flight and Land Infrastructure Programme) will develop the outputs from a successful Future Flight Phase 2 (FFP2) project (76052). FFP2 demonstrated a viable charging infrastructure for urban air mobility (UAM), including a 1/10th scale version of a 600kW system. Petalite successfully met all its technology milestones to develop the SDC Tech...

Additive Manufacturing (AM) has the potential to revolutionise the way aerospace components are manufactured and re-invent supply chains. This technology can assist the aerospace sector to produce lightweight parts, which will lead to a reduction in emissions and fuel consumption. The AM process will also maximise the buy-to-fly ratio, with significantly ...