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Accelerating Ambition: the UK Aerospace Technology Strategy

The ATI has launched a new strategy for UK aerospace. Accelerating Ambition sets out the challenges, opportunities and priorities for the sector with a focus on reducing the environmental impact of aviation and raising UK competitiveness. Roadmaps highlight the innovation and development needed to meet key environmental, cost and safety targets by 2035 and beyond. Head over to our Publications page to download the strategy and roadmaps.

ATI Boeing Accelerator

A 3 month accelerator for world-class startups creating industry 4.0 and sustainability-enabling technologies, with the potential to bolster the growth and competitiveness of the UK aerospace industry.

ATI Programme Video Gallery

We've released two brand new video case studies for the MEGCAP and M4 projects. Our video gallery showcases the ATI Programme's technology and partners, bringing you exclusive interviews with project partners and their take on how the ATI is supporting aerospace technology in the UK.

ATI Projects

Our portfolio spans every region and country in the UK and demonstrates the value of aerospace R&D to the UK economy. Project consortia are made up of partners from industry, academia and research centres.

2020 Funding

We’ve designed a tool to help you find out which of the ATI Programme’s funding streams your proposal is most suited to – click below to get started. You can also find other information including guidance and governance, and other funding opportunities such as the ATI Boeing Accelerator.

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2020
Batch 31 results28th Feb
March EOI opens2nd Mar
Feb EOI results9th Mar
March EOI closes18th March
2021

Our Priority Areas

Air Transport Vision

The UK can achieve competitive advantage if we work to improve the overall air transport system through new technologies such as electrification and autonomy. New sustainable services will require much closer integration of the air transport system and the UK will only remain a major player if it is at the forefront of these technologies and capabilities.

Propulsion & Power

The UK must maintain world leadership in aircraft propulsion and power by developing the most efficient systems that lower environmental impact. The development and manufacture of propulsion systems constitutes around 50 per cent of the sector’s direct economic activity in the UK. Market needs and environmental imperatives demand ever more efficient propulsion and power systems, which the UK is well-positioned to deliver.

Systems

The R&D ecosystem in the UK offers a unique mix of capabilities for developing systems technologies. Greater autonomy in aircraft control will enable a new range of opportunities to grow the UK’s capabilities in current and emerging high-value aircraft systems. Affordable, secure, safety-critical software development processes and tools will be required, including high-performance modelling capabilities for whole systems and their components.

Vehicles

The UK needs to maintain world-class design, analysis, development and certification capabilities to deliver competitive high-value systems for current and emerging markets. The UK also has real opportunities to design and make new air vehicles for the emerging sub-regional and urban markets.

Aerostructures

The UK possesses the right expertise, technology and infrastructure to be at the forefront of the design and manufacture of the next generation of lightweight, digitally enabled, multi-functional aerostructures. It must develop and exploit the latest manufacturing and assembly techniques to remain as a world leader in the design, development and manufacture of aircraft structures.

News & Blog

Find the latest news, updates and blog posts from the ATI here.

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International Collaboration in Aerospace R&D

31 January 2020

Aerospace is global, but much of the research and development that goes into it is national. This blog explores why, an...

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ATI launches new UK aerospace technology stra...

19 November 2019

A new strategy for the future of UK aerospace technology has been launched today by the ATI.

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Stephen Ball Appointed Non-Executive Chair

15 November 2019

The Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI) has announced the appointment of Stephen Ball as Non-Executive Chair.

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View From The ATI: Not Just Another Accelerat...

05 November 2019

Rachel Power, the ATI’s Head of Strategy for Innovation & Engagement, reflects on the ATI Boeing Accelerator‘s first mon...

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Boeing & Aerospace Technology Institute Launc...

04 November 2019

Boeing will invest £2 million to boost innovation in UK aerospace industry over two years

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Successful Launch Of UK-Sweden Bilateral Fund...

30 September 2019

ATI together with delivery partners Innovate UK and Vinnova, have today announced the award of four projects that are be...

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Successful First Event For Aero Guru

29 July 2019

The ATI’s Head of Strategy, Innovation and Engagement, Rachel Power, launched the Institute’s new event series Aero Guru...

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View From The ATI: The Future Of Air Travel

10 July 2019

ATI’s Scott Pendry highlights some of the ATI’s views contained in the Institute’s recent response to the DfT Aviation 2...

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The Seven CTOs & Reducing Environmental Impac...

01 July 2019

The ATI was delighted to see the recent joint commitment of seven CTOs from the world’s largest commercial aviation manu...

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