As commercial investment introduces widely available and low cost systems, the technological lead of the UK and its allies over adversaries is likely to be further eroded, with the democratisation of technologies such as additive manufacturing, cyber and unmanned systems enabling non-government actors to strike at the UK. To counter these advances we need to explore technologies which will improve the survivability of our people and platforms, extended their endurance, and ensure robust and resilient military capabilities.
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As a national institute, The Sir Henry Royce Institute (SHRI) for Advanced Materials, will provide the missing 'link' in the UK innovation chain allowing the iterative design of advanced materials for various application...
Funded by: EPSRC
Lead research organisation: Imperial College London
The project focuses on understanding and developing advanced materials, which is relevant to the question of material selection and performance. However, it does not specifically address the issue of reducing long-term cost or enabling early adoption.
To remain competitive the UK aerospace industry needs to identify and implement more efficient and effective methods of manufacture for high value components. This task is made more difficult by the introduction of new m...
Funded by: EPSRC
Lead research organisation: University of Sheffield
The project addresses the need for more efficient methods of manufacturing high-value components, which is relevant to reducing long-term cost. However, it does not specifically address the issue of enabling early adoption.
The conditions in which materials are required to operate are becoming ever more challenging. Operating temperatures and pressures are increasing in all areas of manufacture, energy generation, transport and environmenta...
Funded by: EPSRC
Lead research organisation: University of Birmingham
The project focuses on developing materials for extreme environments, which is relevant to understanding material performance. However, it does not specifically address the issue of reducing long-term cost or enabling early adoption.