Flying on 100% 🌱 sustainable aviation fuel, helping the graphite industry ◼️ be more transparent, celebrating diversity in aviation 👩‍✈️ and much more

News:

We were delighted to recently take part in the Boeing Innovation Forum, hosted by The Boeing Company and Glasgow International Airport. Over the course of the two-day event, we had the chance to meet…

The aerospace group is experimenting with new types of materials to make production more efficient.

Portfolio company Circulor recently announced an innovative partnership with Urbix. They'll be working together to shift how the graphite industry addresses issues related to transparency and accountability. Congrats team!

Rolls-Royce has carried out a successful test flight of its 747 Flying Testbed aircraft using 100% SAF on a Trent 1000 engine.

We were delighted to be at the Royal Air Force's Next Generation Air Force STEM reception a few weeks ago!

Alaska and ZeroAvia engineers will work together to scale the company's existing powertrain platform to produce the ZA2000, an engine family capable of producing between 2,000 and 5,000 kilowatts of power with a 500-mile range. 

Seini Koroitamana Cornish recently became the first female captain of a wide body aircraft in Fiji Airways' 70-year history. We'd also recommend this survey that explored diversity in aviation leadership roles.

Jacqueline Davidson @corporatejacq

Excited to be @WebSummit in Lisbon with @aeroxelerated ✈️ Incredible opening ceremony with speakers incl. @FrancesHaugen @ayotometi Looking forward to hearing from leading figures in #tech and connecting with #startups over the next few days. If you’re around, get in touch 👋 https://t.co/uVHtXIkal5

Funding:

Organisations can apply for a share of up to £500,000, inclusive of VAT, to develop high level design concepts for a UK National Robotics Proving Ground.

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £25million for game-changing and commercially viable R&D innovation that can significantly impact the UK economy. 

UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £2.5 million to carry out industry-led civil aerospace collaborative R&D projects.