Knowledge Centre

Through Innovate UK’s Women in Innovation Awards 2021/22, 20 female entrepreneurs will be awarded with a cash injection of £50K each, as well as a bespoke package of business support, coaching and mentoring. Join the briefing event to learn more about the scope for this competition, the application process and support available for applicants.

AI for Services has launched a podcast series to share the personal stories of the founders who are leading the development of the awarded projects. In the first four episodes, Astrid Ayel interviews the Enabling Data Access Competition winners.

Join us to hear about project Fly2Plan. A consortium of thirteen partners from across multiple sectors and disciplines is working to create a new model aviation data system-of-systems to enable aviation data exchange and allow new entrants in urban air mobility and autonomous operations to participate through plug-and-play.

Watch this recording to hear from project CAELUS where the team is designing a digital blueprint to assess the viability of an innovative drone medical logistics network. Moving towards trials in segmented and un-segmented airspace, this project aims to create an innovative logistic network to improve efficiencies in medical delivery which is scalable to a national level.

Join us to hear from the SATE (Sustainable Aviation Test Environment) project which will create the UK’s first remote low-carbon aviation test centre at Kirkwall Airport in the Orkney Islands in Scotland.

Join this webinar to hear from the consortia behind the ‘Dr-SUIT’ project. The team is developing an integrated communication system to enable single pilot, multiple drone inspection of off-shore wind farms. A novel battery and recharging system, including a novel, ‘swarm-aware’ battery health management system, will transform asset management. Heading towards live trials before the end of Phase II, the team is keen to engage with a range of experts including Offshore Wind Farm (OWF) operators, drone service providers with OWF expertise/focus, wind turbine/blade manufacturers and IoT specialists.

Join us to hear from the ISHIMANO (Integrated System for High Integrity Monitoring of Advanced-Air-Mobility Network Operations) project. This consortium is delivering innovative technologies to improve situational awareness of UAVs and their integration into air traffic management and unmanned traffic management. The project’s next stage is to operate the technologies to enable BVLOS and the team is keen to hear from prospective Phase 3 partners looking to establish commercial BVLOS flight operations.

Innovate UK EDGE has helped a Bristol-based mental health technology company to revamp its leadership and marketing strategies and to secure two Innovate UK grants worth £135,000.

Join us to explore the role of Local Authorities in transport innovation projects. They are key to delivering the aviation systems of the future so find out how innovators can engage with them.

Manufacturing is a critical sector for the UK economy and this event will bring together speakers on this topic from both the Midlands and Scotland.

UK5G SMEs & Regions Working Group Seminar