Mark Glover

12th January 2011

Delivering Aerospace Industrial Strategy

through advancing technology capability Collaborative R&D competition

Martin Boyce Consortia Building Session - 27th September

Background

• The joint Aerospace Industrial Strategy “Lifting

Off….” included the commitment to create an

Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI).

• As an early part of the ATI’s programme the

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

(BIS) is to invest, through the Technology

Strategy Board, up to £25m in collaborative

research and development for proposals

that support the delivery of the priorities

set out in the strategy.

• Launched as a TSB CR&D competition

during the Le Bourget airshow.

ATI Competition 2013 in Summary

Aerospace Industrial Strategy: advancing technology

capability

• A TSB competition for collaborative R&D projects

offering up to £25M of grant fully funded by BIS

- Single stage CR&D competition

- Project size: £2M - £10M

- Opened September 16th

- Registration CLOSES November 20th

- Call CLOSES November 27th

- Business led & collaborative

- Covering the breadth of ATI technology objectives

Aims of the Competition:

are the aims of the Aerospace Industrial Strategy

• To create UK economic growth in the aerospace sector from

major programmes, including the next generation of aircraft,

fixed wing and rotary wing, and new variants of existing

platforms.

• To deliver high-potential solutions covering component or

systems technologies across whole civil aerospace front –

aerodynamics, aero-structures, propulsion and systems.

• To stimulate businesses in the UK aerospace supply chain to

work with OEM and also with academia to propose innovative

projects

Technical Scope Summary

• The technical scope of the competition has been determined

through consultation with the AGP Technology Working Group, the

ATI working group and the AAD KTN.

• In advance of the establishment of the ATI these consultations have

been led by BIS and the AAD KTN. BIS have further endorsed the

scope as being compliant with the immediate aims of the ATI.

• Covers component or systems technologies across the key areas in

which UK must stay at the leading edge – aerodynamics, materials

and aerostructures, propulsion, systems & equipment and helicopter

technologies.

Topics to be Addressed

• All electric aircraft systems covering power generation, power control,

actuation,

• Health and monitoring systems,

• Electronics in extreme environments,

• Avionic system technologies, including aircraft communications systems

• Carbon composite technologies particularly for integrated design and cost

effective high rate manufacture

• Metallic technologies for manufacture, e.g. additive layer manufacture

• Advanced and large scale metrology for rapid automated manufacture

• Technologies for increasing rate of manufacture and for manufacturing

capacity

• Information and data in design, manufacture and MRO.

Topics to be Addressed 2

• Technologies for close tolerance manufacture (especially for wing surfaces

to promote laminar flow)

• Technologies for green manufacture, including sustainable/recyclable

materials

• Aero-engine component technologies, including high strength nickel alloy

development and manufacture, turbo machinery technologies, sealing,

cooling.

• Aircraft and aero-engine noise reduction

• Low emissions engine technology (NOx and CO2)

• Helicopter technologies particularly related to rotor aerodynamics, drive

train efficiency, fly-by-wire systems and vibration

• Advanced technologies for wings, including novel aircraft configurations and

advanced tilt-rotor technologies, including novel wing, prop-rotor and hub

configurations.

Funding Allocation and Project Details

• BIS has allocated up to £25m to fund collaborative R&D

projects that aligned to the Aerospace Industrial strategy.

• Projects must be business-led and collaborative.

• We are primarily seeking to fund industrial research, from TRL

3 up to TRL5/6.

• Business partners attracting up to 50% public funding for their

project costs (60% for SMEs).

• Collaboration with academic partners is encouraged up to a

limit of 30% of the total project cost.

• A clear route to exploitation must be be visible.

– Participation of system/platform integrators is encouraged

FUN IND EXP

Market readiness

Research Councils

Commercial Investment Venture Capital

TSB and its co-funders funding

Blue sky

Feasibility

Technology Demo

System Dev.

System Qual.

Technology Development

Prod. Prototype

Commercialisation

Types of project

Funding Allocation and Project Details

• We expect most projects to range in total size from £2m to (in

exceptional cases) £10m.

Note: Applicants considering proposals close to this upper limit should

contact TSB directly before making their application.

• Projects should last around three years.

• Successful project participants can attract grant funding towards

their eligible project costs.

• Applications will be assessed on individual merit in a competition

based on quality of application.

• The TSB reserves the right to adopt a “portfolio” approach to

ensure coverage.

Competition Eligibility - Summary

Delivering Aerospace Industrial

Strategy through advancing

technology capability

Type of Competition Single Stage

Project composition Collaborative

Funding available Up to £25m

Project Size £2m to £10m (indicative)

% Funding for

business 50% or 60% (for SMEs)

Anticipated Project

length 36 months

Application form 10 marked questions

Eligibility At least two partners from

independent entities

Interview Panel

(for invited applicants)

All applications are assessed by

independent reviewers drawn from

industry and academia

Application Assessment

What do they look for?

• Clear and concise answers

• The right amount of information

• not too much detail

• no assumptions

• Quantification and justification

• That the applicant has the right

people with the right bright idea

and the means to exploit its

potential

The “ideal project”

• A clear commercial opportunity to open up or exploit a

significant growth market.

• A technical challenge that requires the creation of an

industrially driven consortium and innovative and risky research

and development to solve.

• A realistic project with deliverables and applications that are

innovative, commercially exploitable and of wider benefit.

• A demonstrable need for support.

TSB strategic criteria

• Does the UK have the capability?

Significant research capability/capacity to exploit opportunities.

• Is the idea “ready”?

Clear opportunity to which this is a timely response.

Speed progress towards more sustainable economic growth.

• Is there a large market opportunity?

What is the size of the global market opportunity?

Will it create added value in the UK, taking into account the

global market potential?

• Can the Technology Strategy Board make a difference?

Can we add value?

Will our investment promote sustainability and quality of life?

Competition Page

Guidance for

Applicants

Top Tips

• Answer the question fully and use all the space available.

• Number your sections & questions.

• Check your application for quality of presentation – make the best

impression on the assessors.

• Use capitals when correct to do so but not to draw attention to your

case – reviewers do not like to be shouted at!

• Evidence based.

• “Quantified” means put some numbers in.

• Avoid clichés – “Holy Grail” or “Market is massive”.

• Don’t leave your submission until the deadline.

• Refer to the Guidance for Applicants – before, during and after!