Publications

Environmental concerns, Covid-19 and disruptive technology are changing the aerospace industry. The ATI is at the heart of this, influencing how aviation responds and how UK aerospace can adapt and prosper.

2020 will be remembered as the most challenging year ever for aerospace. Nevertheless, the first half of our 2019/20 year preceded Covid and brought some major successes for the ATI.

2018/19 saw the ATI's core R&D activities complemented with initiatives aimed at the supply chain, international collaboration and disruptive technologies.

2017/18 saw considerable change in our working environment, including managing the uncertainties of Brexit. Despite this, the government has focused consistently on industrial strategy and on raising UK R&D levels closer to those seen in other major industrialised countries.

A joint report from ATI & PwC providing an overview of the funding landscape in aerospace, highlighting opportunities for private investment to capitalise on the growth potential in the Net Zero transformation of the sector.

This report provides an overview of the infrastructure and operational requirements of introducing sustainable hydrocarbon fuels at airports. It addresses the practical challenges and solutions to deploy SAF, from one-off flights to fully integrated supply chains.

In order to provide some fresh perspectives, the ATI has created three alternative scenarios which might play out around the year 2050.

A joint report with WMG presenting a structured approach to accelerating electrification in UK aerospace.

A joint report with ACI providing a comprehensive overview of the potential impacts that hydrogen aircraft could have on airport infrastructure and operations.

This directory provides a view of the UK's tooling capabilities and potential tooling providers for future R&D opportunities.

This summary report captures the common themes across three research areas of thermofluids, materials and health and safety consolidating the key findings for fundamental research in the UK.

Authored by the University of Sheffield with support from Oxford Research and Development Limited this report analyses global research in low TRL cryogenic hydrogen materials.

Authored by the University of Nottingham this report reviews ongoing and seminal works in 12 areas of fundamental thermofluids research across the globe to develop maps of gaps and opportunities.

Authored by the University of Nottingham with support from the Health and Safety Executive this report explores global health and safety research in low TRL liquid hydrogen.

This report summarises the cryogenic and hydrogen materials testing capabilities across UK-based commercial and research organisations.

The ATI’s Hydrogen Capability Network (HCN) joined forces with the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) to explore leading capabilities in cryogenic and hydrogen testing in Europe and the USA.

Summaries from three workshops on key elements of enabling liquid hydrogen (LH2)-powered flight are now available to download.

The first report from the ATI’s Hydrogen Capability Network identifies three immediate priorities for action in order to accelerate the development of liquid hydrogen aircraft technologies securing market share and reducing aviation’s carbon emissions.

Following engagement with industry and academia, the ATI’s Hydrogen Capability Network has identified recommendations designed to tackle this shortage for post graduates within the next 1-5 years to support other initiatives such as the Hydrogen Skills Alliance which will deliver long term benefits.

The HCN has identified a need to bolster research in the UK to support fuel system technology development, with a particular focus on fundamental and pre-normative research to ensure the knowledge can be leveraged throughout the UK aerospace supply chain.

This is a companion paper to Destination Zero, detailing the modelling of the emissions scenario presented in that strategy. It also presents a sensitivity analysis using alternative scenarios and offers an alternative and more complete view on how to visually represent aviation emissions.

This INSIGHT paper looks at the opportunities and challenges associated with the implementation of near net shape technologies in aerospace.

This INSIGHT sets out how the ATI is addressing the sustainability of air transport.

This INSIGHT explores the path towards autonomy in civil air transport, focusing on the technologies associated with air vehicles, airspace management and ground operations.

This INSIGHT sets out the opportunity for more innovation in cabin interiors based on market assessment, economic potential and the UK’s strong position.

This INSIGHT paper presents up to date evidence on the magnitude of technology spillovers specifically from the aerospace sector.

This INSIGHT paper explores the aerospace industry’s journey towards single pilot operations.

To support the aim of securing the full economic potential of the UK civil aerospace sector, the ATI undertook an extensive and detailed review of international and UK aerospace patents.

This study set out to understand the aerospace R&D landscape and how it has evolved.

The consultation aimed to identify the priority technologies needed for composite material exploitation, as well as priority product areas.

This INSIGHT paper looks at the opportunities and challenges associated with the implementation of additive manufacturing technologies.

This INSIGHT analyses perspectives from academia, RTOs and industry to propose opportunities where investment in graphene could result in positive impact on productivity, product performance and fuel efficiency.

This INSIGHT presents the findings of consultation enabled through a partnership with the National Physical Laboratory which aimed to identify critical metrology needs.

This INSIGHT uses market and economic models to estimate the expected potential impact of government investment and industrial strategy initiatives in the aerospace sector.

This INSIGHT explores the potential for digital transformation in aerospace and examines the maturity of the UK aerospace sector’s digital capability.

A Market Spotlight from the ATI finds the UK could grow its market share in aerospace composites by more than six times between now and 2050. The paper calls on the sector to align around a clear strategy that directs funding and activity to create a coherent and competitive national capability.

The Additive Manufacturing Strategy and Roadmap targets four key challenge areas: supply chain resilience, more efficient qualification, reducing part cost, and increasing application opportunities.

The ATI’s Non-CO2 Technologies Roadmap identifies key priorities for better understanding and mitigating aviation’s non-CO2 climate impacts and has been developed with stakeholders across industry, academia and international experts

This roadmap identifies the aerospace opportunities for aluminium casting and outlines the key technologies required to realise them.

This roadmap identifies the opportunities for advanced joining technologies in aerospace. It is intended to be a guide to the UK sector: OEMs, supply chains, academia and RTOs. It provides direction for future technology development and investment for joining technologies.

Destination Zero is the technology strategy for UK aerospace. It provides guidance on ATI Programme investment priorities and roadmaps across three areas of focus: zero-carbon emission aircraft technologies, ultra-efficient aircraft technologies and cross-cutting enabling technologies.

A roadmap for UHBR engines.

Systems: A roadmap for advanced sensors.