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Arc Aerosystems Limited

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ARC Aerosystems is committed to sustainable air transport through the development of civil e-VTOL aircraft. Collaborating with international partners, it operates with respect for international and UK laws. Its mission is aligned with benefiting humanitarian purposes and the environment, with no involvement in military programs.

CRN
10651273
Founded
2017
Age
9

Overview

Legal name
ARC AEROSYSTEMS LIMITED
Region
South East England
Registered address
SUITE 6, TRENT HOUSE
CRANFIELD TECHNOLOGY PARK
CRANFIELD
BEDFORDSHIRE
ENGLAND
MK43 0AN
Insolvency history
No

Company events

Reference milestones and recent Companies House filing stream events.

5 events
29 Dec
2026

Accounts due

Accounts Due

Next accounts due date

11 Dec
2026

Confirmation statement due

Confirmation Due

Next confirmation statement due date

27 Nov
2025

Confirmation statement filed

Confirmation

Last confirmation statement made up date

31 Mar
2025

Accounts filed

Accounts

Last accounts made up date

03 Mar
2017

Incorporated

Inception

Company registered at Companies House

Public funding

7 awards
First funded
2022
Funded years
2022, 2023, 2025
Age at first award
5 years

Projects

2025 Collaborative R&D Lead participant

Advanced Logistics BVLOS UAV Mission (ALBUM)

1 Sep 2025 to 31 Mar 2026

Awarded
£278,830
Total cost £398,328

The ALBUM project, led by ARC Aerosystems, advances uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) to revolutionize logistics and medical transport in remote areas, such as the Scottish Highlands and Islands. By enhancing the C600 UAV---a high-capacity, long-range, hybrid vertical take-off and landing aircraft---ALBUM aims to achieve Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) an...

2023 Collaborative R&D

ENNOBLE - zEro emission raNge exteNder fOr hyBrid propuLsion systEm

1 Aug 2023 to 31 Mar 2025

Awarded
£117,672
Total cost £168,103

Samad Power proposes disruptive propulsion for future transport systems through the development of an onboard zero-emission direct-drive generator by directly integrating a hydrogen Micro Gas Turbine (MGT) with a high-speed electric generator controlled with innovatively designed power electronics (PEMD enhancement in power generation). The project aims t...

2023 Collaborative R&D Lead participant

Energy-efficient Electric Jump Take-Off

1 Jul 2023 to 31 Mar 2025

Awarded
£195,302
Total cost £279,003

The last decade has witnessed large-scale funding from global capital markets into the quest to produce commercially viable, certifiable solutions for the emerging Advanced Air Mobility domain. At present none of these initiatives has produced any commercially viable concepts that are socially acceptable and able to attain certification status from aerosp...

2023 Collaborative R&D

Clean Hybrid Powertrain for Aviation (CHyPA)

1 Jun 2023 to 30 Nov 2024

Awarded
£102,622
Total cost £146,603

Over the past 30 years, not only has the frequency of statistics-defying natural disasters increased, but also their severity and complexity. Now, on average, more than 20 million people are displaced annually by such events. One of the key challenges with any disaster relief effort is the delivery of aid to affected regions. Typically, in their aftermath...

2022 Collaborative R&D

FFLIP (Future Flight and Land Infrastructure Programme)

1 Oct 2022 to 31 Mar 2024

Awarded
£212,223
Total cost £303,176

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...

2022 Grant for R&D Lead participant

Modernising Aircraft for Future Mobility

1 Oct 2022 to 31 Mar 2023

Awarded
£49,962
Total cost £49,962

Hover is only required for 15% of helicopter missions. Gyrocopters use an unpowered rotor to maintain flight reducing costs and improving safety. This project studies the feasibility of a large low-carbon Part 27 gyrocopter, largest of its type. This aircraft will provide short take-off and landing improving over fixed wing aircraft and be safer and cheap...

2022 Collaborative R&D

Sustainable Aviation Test Environment 2

1 Jul 2022 to 30 Jun 2024

Awarded
£674,817
Total cost £964,024

Based at Kirkwall Airport in the Orkney Islands, the Sustainable Aviation Test Environment (SATE) is the UK's first low-carbon aviation test centre embedded at a commercial airport. SATE brings together an international consortium of industry partners, public sector bodies and academia who will work with a range of regional businesses and stakeholders to ...

2022 Collaborative R&D

Sustainable Aviation Test Environment 2

1 Jul 2022 to 30 Jun 2024

Awarded
£0
Total cost £0

Based at Kirkwall Airport in the Orkney Islands, the Sustainable Aviation Test Environment (SATE) is the UK's first low-carbon aviation test centre embedded at a commercial airport. SATE brings together an international consortium of industry partners, public sector bodies and academia who will work with a range of regional businesses and stakeholders to ...

Product types

Collaborative R&D Grant for R&D