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Midlands Applause Greets First Flights The quarterly newsletter of the Midlands Aerospace Alliance Issue 21 Winter 2010 Offshore wind industry courts Midlands aerospace UK aerospace skills and capacity are in demand for work on projects such as the world’s largest offshore wind power installation, the £2 billion London Array wind farm. The array is one of 37 UK offshore sites earmarked for development by 2020. Some 6,000 turbines are planned. Touchdown: Boeing 787 Dreamliner ZA002, powered by Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines, completes its Supplying, installing and first flight. The second example to fly, it features the livery of launch customer ANA of Japan. operating these turbines will require a manufacturing and support services industry comparable in scale to that of North Sea oil and gas. Midlands applause The potential work includes the design, tooling and manufacture of large composite structures, aerofoil/blade design, engineering testing and greets first flights analysis, gearboxes and drive train component design and manufacture, forgings and Region’s specialists support B787 and A400M castings, sensors and control systems, radar mitigation THE first flights before Christmas of new Airbus and systems from HR Smith of Leominster, Herefordshire, technology, helicopters and Boeing aircraft were milestones for a host of Midlands and heat exchangers from HS Marston of robotic vehicles (ROV), MRO aerospace companies whose specialist skills have Wolverhampton. and operations contributed to each programme’s success. Contributing manufacturing management. More than 60 Midlands companies contributed to the expertise for production of the Free help is available Airbus A400M military transport which flew in Spain on airframe and its TP400 engine are through the Department of 11 December, while a long supply chain took delight in Midlands companies Mettis Aerospace Energy and Climate Change news from Seattle that the Boeing 787 Dreamliner of Redditch, Doncasters, Premier (DECC) UK Renewables completed its maiden flight on 15 December. Aerospace of Coventry and G&O Springs, Service to identify The A400M programme involved many Midlands also of Coventry. opportunities and plan companies in supply of parts and specialist skills for Specialist engineering services were also an approach if appropriate. the aircraft’s intensive development and testing phase. supplied by Worcester’s Froude Hofmann and For more details, contact While production contracts are limited because the UK Resource Engineering Projects, also of Worcester. [email protected] is not a major buyer of the type, key Midlands product Meanwhile, the Midlands aerospace supply L www.ukrenewables.com technology capability at Tier 1 supply chain level was chain shared the achievement when Boeing’s most developed and adapted for the precise mission of the technologically advanced aircraft, the 787 A400M. This capability includes flap actuation, a Dreamliner, flew on 15 December. specialisation of Goodrich Actuation Systems of The main gateways for supply chain participation Wolverhampton, design of tyres by Dunlop Aircraft in the 787 have been three of the region’s biggest Tyres of Birmingham, emergency locator transmitter Continued on page 2 22 Stop Press: Bombardier and Boeing speak to news from the maa Midlands aerospace This year’s West Midlands aerospace cluster forum takes place on 23 March. The forum is sponsored by Advantage West Midlands’ Aerospace Cluster Opportunity Group. The day will focus on how companies can identify and Applause greets first flights plan to win new aerospace market opportunities. Keynote speaker Bombardier is already confirmed. Continued from page 1 on the programme as The event will be held at the prestigious Millenium Point names in aerospace: Derby-based Rolls- direct suppliers to other venue in central Birmingham. Meanwhile, Boeing will present on defence market Royce – through the fuel-efficient Trent major aerospace players, 1000 engine which powered the aircraft on opportunities at a 3 March iNet event (below). mainly in the USA. These See www.midlandsaerospace.org.uk for details. its maiden flight; Aero Engine Controls, include Meggitt in located in Birmingham and Derby – through Coventry and Redditch- addition, Mettis the sophisticated electronic controls for based Mettis, which supply components to supplies key components to Hamilton Trent 1000; and Moog Aircraft Group of s air management the aircraft’s alternative GE GEnX engine Sundstrand for the 787’ Wolverhampton (formerly Smiths and GE programme, and ITP Engines UK in system. Aviation) – through the high-lift actuation Leicester, Lincoln and Rugby which also The Trent 1000 – the fifth member of system for the aircraft’s wings. supports the GEnX programme. In Rolls-Royce’s engine family – is itself a Other leading Midlands companies are major programme. Many Midlands-based ATION SUPPORT PROGRAMME (AEISP) specialist companies which are traditional AEROSPACE INNOV Rolls-Royce suppliers are participating in it. They include Bulwell Precision Engineers, MAA work bears fruit for East Bromford Industries, Burcas, C&H Precision Finishers, Clamonta, Eaton Midlands aerospace firms . Aerospace, G&O Springs, Jet Blades est in that particular technology inter Engineering, JJ Churchill Engineering and A NEW MAA support project for the East ovide the university with Businesses pr Manthorpe Engineering. Midlands aerospace industry is yielding ends, expertise and advice on industry tr A significant part of the Trent 1000 test results after just a few months. esearch and gain access to r programme was aimed at proving the The aerospace innovation support opportunities of which they might not reliability of the new electric start and programme (AeISP) run by the MAA has e.” otherwise have been awar power generation system as well as the successfully helped several East Midlands Small businesses signing up to join a completely revised ‘more-electric’ testbed companies meet new customers and e is node qualify for a £1,000 grant. Ther facilities at Hucknall, near Derby. suppliers, collaborate with universities, o Engine , identify further no financial commitment for the business. Rolls-Royce selected Aer market themselves better e in e The first two nodes to be set up ar Controls in Birmingham to develop a next- funding opportunities and network mor composites technologies (University of generation engine electronic control (EEC) effectively. Nottingham / University of Derby) and system for the Trent 1000. The new EEC is The programme, which is funded by precision engineering technologies lighter, more reliable and boasts six times the East Midlands Transport iNet, East eady emda) (University of Nottingham). Each alr the control power of earlier full authority Midlands Development Agency ( has a network of several businesses. digital engine control (FADEC) systems. and the European Regional Development ently have a relationship “If you curr Aero Engine Controls suppliers in the Fund, has had notable success with e not receiving with a university and ar Midlands, such as Leicestershire’s Semelab, fostering university/business collaboration rent funding, you may be eligible for a grant,” are also participating through the T through new ‘technology nodes’. said Stan. 1000 engine controls system, as are several AeISP manager Stan Payne explains: e information, For mor further firms. “A university with expertise in a specific s high-lift please contact the MAA at As part of its work on the 787’ technology acts as the node for a . [email protected] actuation system, Moog set up full-scale network of businesses with a common wing rigs at its Wolverhampton site, one representing each wing. Technology in focus with AeISP MAA chief executive Andrew Mair eady run successful events ’’s AeISP has alr commented: “Our unique position in the As part of its mandate, the MAA ospace opportunities in India and China, world aerospace industry as suppliers of covering subjects as diverse as aer n and how companies can work , weathering the downtur the most technologically sophisticated composites technology ch organisations. aircraft systems — from engines to electro- more effectively with resear e: Among future topics ar mechanical and electronic components — O UAV markets and technologies (28 January at Pride Park, Derby), ce) puts us in a strong position to benefit ch, Coventry Chamber of Commer O Defence markets and technologies (3 Mar whether Airbus or Boeing is winning the ch) . Supplying these aircraft O ospace engine technologies (tba Mar global sales war New aer ch). O Machine tool innovation and technology (tba Mar programmes will create business and www.midlandsaerospace.org.uk For details, see the MAA website support jobs for decades to come.” 3 aerospace in the midlands MAA funds joint industry-university tyre research THE MAA has awarded £120,000 funding It will explore ways in which modelling can Development Fund and Advantage West for research into modelling technology that improve the design process for aircraft tyres Midlands. could reduce the time and cost of aircraft and accelerate the development of “This funding and the support of the tyre development. advanced products. University of Birmingham and Airbus gives Led by a team from Dunlop Aircraft Tyres The results could help airframe, landing us the opportunity to research new ways to (DAT), which is making a significant invest- gear and wheel and brake manufacturers use the very latest modelling technology to ment, the project is being run in conjunction
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