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• Dr. Andrew Mair

Chief Executive Midlands Aerospace Alliance

Midlands Aerospace Cluster Midlands Aerospace Alliance

Midlands aerospace cluster

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Midlands aerospace systems: “guts” of the aircraft

gas turbine engines control systems for engines aircraft wing controls 3 4

Airframe Control systems Electronics Mechanical & structural parts Fluids Materials suppliers: metals, composites Systems for engines/ airframes (e.g. fuel) Major mechanical components Motorsport Automotive Industrial gas turbine Medical Marine Equipment for design, engineering, testing Manufacturing equipment Support services design, training, IT Research

• rganisations

Metals processing Core aerospace

Midlands

Support sector Diversified market Wiring, connectors

Midlands aerospace cluster

Gas turbine propulsion

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Midlands aerospace cluster geography

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Setting out member capabilities

• member capability directory helps you identify world-class Midlands

partners and suppliers for your aerospace programmes and projects

4 The aircraft and engines driving Midlands cluster performance

Boeing 787/ Rolls-Royce Trent 1000

Airbus A380/ Rolls-Royce Trent 900

Airbus A350/ Rolls-Royce Trent XWB

Eurofighter Typhoon/ EJ200

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Pratt & Whitney Purepower Airbus A320 neo

Midlands aerospace growth performance

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Growth keeps pace with Airbus and Boeing, significantly faster than UK Strong productivity growth 2005-16

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Midlands Aerospace Alliance

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Midlands Aerospace Alliance (MAA)

• ne of five regional aerospace

alliances in the United Kingdom

North West Aerospace Alliance ADS Scotland Aerospace Wales Forum Farnborough Aerospace Consortium West of England Aerospace Forum ADS Northern Ireland Midlands Aerospace Alliance

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Who we are

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MAA board

• 300+ member companies: 80% flying parts makers are

members

• a regional cluster body: encompass entire supply chain

and all stakeholders

• companies outside the Midlands are welcome as

associate members.

• 50 member representatives on Board and three

working groups which govern our activities

• business development (new business)
• innovation and technology
• supply chain performance (productivity)

What we do

• we are all about working together
• we promote collaboration to help companies in the Midlands develop new technologies, improve

productivity performance, develop required skills, win new business and generate good jobs

Conferences Networking Exhibiting Trade missions Technology roadmapping Technology projects & funding

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Focus on new technology in supply chain

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Aerospace supply chain tiers Bottom-up innovation

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MAA bottom up innovation model applied in three major programmes we have found funding for

• Collaborative R&D projects
• Projects emerge from clusters
• Every project industry-led
• Project budgets £300k to £500k
• Expert mentoring and customer advice

through project lifecycle

• Boost SME R&D capabilities for future

MAA “bottom-up technology development” trajectory

15 Aerospace Technology Exploitation Programme (ATEP) 1 (regional funding 2006-08 five projects) Aerospace Technology Exploitation Programme (ATEP) 2 (regional funding and ERDF 2009-12 five projects) National Aerospace Technology Exploitation Programme (NATEP) (national funding 2012-17 100 projects)

2005 2017+

New bottom-up and horizontal technology projects . . .