Boeing Week 🛫, a Ministerial visit, tracking the carbon footprint 👣 of an electric vehicle, eVTOLs 🚁 and much more

UK Aerospace Accelerated @ukaeroaccel

We’ve got the @Boeing/ @BoeingUK HorizonX Ventures team in the @PUBLICHallUK #atiboeingaccelerator office today 👋 - discussing investment 💰, what’s coming from the programme and a few things in-between 🗣 https://t.co/oaGC2A3qw6

News from the team:

Boeing Defence UK MD Anna Keeling welcomed our cohort at the programme office as part of Boeing Week:

We shared some of our thoughts on what aerospace startups might get up to over the next ten years:

We were really excited to have Minister Nadhim Zahawi meet the first 10 startups on the programme:

Wil Benton @FatKidOnFire

After the industry dinner in London last night 🎉, excited to hear some startup pitches with @nicholabates at the #hangar51 demo day in Barcelona! Thanks 🙏 @MattRidleyUK for the invite. Amazing venue, too 👏 https://t.co/Umy6CVDCBC

News from our partners & the ecosystem:

ADS President Tony Wood outlined his vision for the three key themes – Industrial Strategy & Innovation, Sustainability and Skills – the Group will be working on:

ICYMI, Bristol-based eVTOL startup Vertical Aerospace had their latest prototype on display at Canary Wharf (we saw it, and it looks amazing):

We're delighted GKN Aerospace have continued their commitment to the programme for our next cohort:

Congrats to our friends at Boeing on the successful completion of their 777X test flight.

ABA portfolio company Circulor have been working with Daimler/ Mercedes-Benz to dynamically track the carbon footprint of an electric vehicle battery:

If you’re a startup founder (or you know someone who is) interested in applying for our next cohort, please sign up to our mailing list to stay up to date on when applications for programme two (which starts September 2020) open.

We are also always looking to hear from potential partners, investors and stakeholders on how we can create the best programme for aerospace startups in the UK. If you’d like to have a chat, please get in touch!

For more information, please contact the ATI Boeing Accelerator team:

Gabi Matic (Programme Director):  gm@atiboeingaccelerator.com | linkedin.com/in/gabrielamatic

Wil Benton (Venture & Ecosystem Director): wb@atiboeingaccelerator.com | linkedin.com/in/fatkidonfire

Ksenia Kurileva (Programme Associate):  kk@atiboeingaccelerator.com | linkedin.com/in/kseniakurileva