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SWW SIA Annex G Engineering Theme South West England and South East Wales Science and Innovation Audit Annex G: Aerospace and Advanced Engineering Theme Report A Science and Innovation Audit Report sponsored by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy G Annex G Aerospace & Advanced Engineering Theme Report 1. Introduction Aerospace & Advanced Engineering has been identified as a strength of the Audit region. This strength has been built over decades and has resulted in the rich landscape of Industrial Primes; Systems / Structural Suppliers; Research Centres and renowned Academic Institutes, all with related skills. This community has a long history of collaboration both within and outside of the region. This truly world class and world leading capability has delivered iconic products that the UK has taken great pride in being associated with, such as the Westland Sea King Helicopter, Dyson cyclone vacuum cleaner and Bristol Proteus gas turbine engine which powered the Bluebird CN7 land speed record car. Whilst these foundations are strong, much more remains to be done. Our international competitors are advancing and UK national momentum must be maintained. The overriding impression gained from conducting this audit is the strength of opportunity that the region can deliver, backed by evidence of achievement but mollified by the concern created by the risks and challenges faced related to loss of long established capability which threatens the Government’s Industrial Strategy. A lot of emphasis has been placed on developing high value manufacturing capability; this audit considers that a broader strategy to protect and enhance capabilities elsewhere in the Industrial Value Chain is essential. Specifically, High Value Engineering Design and System Integration Skills (e.g. whole structure, sub-structure and propulsion) are core to the region and core to the protection of longer term manufacturing, recognised by the AGP; ATI; APC and the CEO of the HVM Catapults. Additionally, opportunities exist in developing Composite Capabilities and addressing life-long learning to manage the transition into the 4th Industrial Revolution – Industry 4.0. Proposals to protect and reinforce the regional capabilities can be categorised as High Value Design & Systems Integration and Composite Materials & Manufacturing: High Value Design and Systems Integration: 1) A High Value Design Institute - a Catapult centre focused on Design Integration capabilities, initially focused on Aerospace. This could be translated to other sectors and regions. 2) Institute for Advanced Automotive Propulsion Systems IAAPS – delivering future generations of low carbon vehicles through efficient powertrain design and integration, which is also applicable to Aerospace and other sectors. Composite Excellence: 1) National Composites Materials Centre NCMC - re-shoring the Composites Materials Value Chain by building on the existing capability at the NCC. Applicability across multiple sectors, all of which are forecast to grow. South West England and South East Wales Science and Innovation Audit 1 Core to this outcome is the coordinated support that these developments will bring, along with projects addressing skills and training such as the South West Institute for Technology & Skills SWIFTS (which is aligned to the National College for Advanced Manufacturing agenda), to deliver the National agenda for industrial development. The current Aerospace & Advanced Engineering activity in the South West of England and South East Wales is built on over 150 years of engineering pedigree. Advanced engineering strengths in the region fall into three broad sectors, aerospace, automotive and marine, each of which can be divided into defence and civil applications. The steel industry is also a further sector of national importance (AAE6). Aerospace – companies are located throughout the Audit area from Cornwall to Gloucestershire, with the region being home to 14 of the 15 largest aerospace companies in the world. In particular, the West of England has been a cradle of aviation innovation since the British Empire and Colonial Aeroplane Company opened in Filton (near Bristol) in 1910. There has been over 100 years of continuous development, design and manufacture, which includes global companies such as Airbus, BAE Systems, GKN Aerospace, Leonardo Helicopters, MBDA and Rolls-Royce resulting in the largest aerospace cluster in the UK, and the second in Europe, with 20% of the UK aerospace workforce, many of whom are involved in advanced design and systems integration within prime contractors and major Tier 1 suppliers. Automotive – industry is concentrated at locations along the M4, Swindon: Honda UK Manufacturing, South East Wales: Ford Engine Plant, as well as high-end manufacturers in Somerset: Ariel Motor Company and West of England: Bristol Cars. The region is also a home to a spoke of the Advanced Propulsion Centre UK with the internal combustion engine system efficiency (ICE-SE) centre based at the University of Bath which conducts technology development with automotive companies from across the UK and around the globe, such as Ford, JLR and McLaren, and their supply chains. Marine –Strengths lie in marine engineering, historically through the Royal Navy and more recently firms such as Babcock, MSubs and Princess Yachts. Indeed, Plymouth has the highest proportion of its employment in manufacturing of any city in Southern England. Ship building is found in Falmouth (A&P is UK’s largest ship-repair complex) and North Devon, (Appledore). Marine defence organisations are also located further east in the region e.g., BMT Defence Services, Bath. The audit area’s strengths in AAE have grown up alongside the steel industry in South Wales, which has historically served as a source of raw materials for many of the region’s industries. Additionally, there is significant cross over between the Marine Engineering sector in the Aerospace & Advanced Engineering and Marine Renewables within the New Energy theme as well as Industry 4.0 in Digital Living Platforms and Sensors discussed in the Next Generation Microelectronics theme; with many AAE firms supported by common supply chains in these related areas. The Aerospace & Advanced Engineering (AAE) audit references publically available as well as novel datasets and publications and has been informed by canvassing the views of academia, industry and local government connected to the Aerospace & Advanced Engineering sector. A workshop was held which attracted 48 delegates representing the South West England and South East Wales Science and Innovation Audit 2 majority of academic institutions in the region as well as a cross section of Blue Sky start- up companies, SMEs and OEMs. The outputs from the workshop as well as further consultation with stakeholders throughout the audit process were used to add context to the data collected centrally. Further review of the outputs was carried out by a theme review panel representing a cross-section of stakeholders. 2. Regional science and innovation assets Our region’s physical and intellectual assets in AAE have breadth and depth, reflecting a rich heritage of innovation in aerospace, automotive and marine engineering. The region’s AAE strengths are supported by numerous multi-million pound infrastructural investments that support key sector clusters. The Universities of Bath, Bristol, Cardiff, Exeter, Plymouth, West of England, South Wales and Gloucestershire are involved in research directly related to the theme with many of the region’s major AAE assets are associated with these Higher Education Institutions. R&D Assets (Appendix AAE1) – Facilities of note include The National Composites Centre (NCC)1, owned by The University of Bristol, is part of the High Value Manufacturing Catapult and is based at the Bristol & Bath Science Park. Opened in 2011, the NCC is a key part of the Government’s composites strategy and brings together dynamic companies and enterprising academics to develop new technologies for the design and rapid manufacture of high-quality composite products. The University of Exeter’s Centre for Additive Layer Manufacturing (CALM)2 was developed in partnership with Airbus Group Innovations. Funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) it has supported more than 200 companies and has created regional growth of £20m. The Morgan-Botti Lightning Laboratory3 at Cardiff University was established in 2011 as a collaboration between the Welsh Government, Cardiff University and Airbus Group Innovations (formerly EADS). It undertakes research including measuring the direct-effects of lightning strikes on structures and samples and investigating lightning protection mechanisms for the aerospace industry. The Electron Microscopy Centre (EMC)4 at Plymouth University has 30 years’ experience working with AAE industries, supporting them through analysis of defects and quality control. Capabilities in the automotive sector lie at the Powertrain & Vehicle Research Centre (PVRC)5 which builds on 50 years of research excellence focused on improving the systems efficiency of the whole vehicle powertrain (engine, transmission and control), which recently has been aimed at reducing CO2 emissions of both diesel and petrol engines, and improving real world driving conditions. It partners with local companies, Ashwoods (Exeter) and HiETA Technologies (Bristol), and nationally Ford UK, Jaguar Land Rover, Lotus Engineering, TATA and McLaren Automotive, Ricardo, Honeywell, Shell, BP, and many more. 1 National Composites
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