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2016 UTARI – Bell’s R&D Strategy; Solving Aerospace Challenges in Today’s Global Environment.

Vince D’Arienzo

Director Engineering,

Bell Helicopter / Textron Thursday, January 14, 2016 UTARI Fort Worth, Texas

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Aerospace Industry – Business & Technological Challenges

– Very high demand for next 20 years – Half of it in Asia – Very innovation intensive – Long development cycles – Tight benefit margins of the airlines, airports (the customer) – Global competition – Tighter environmental legislation – Development of supply Chain – Manpower – Infrastructure

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• Examine the combined role of

Government/Academia/Industry

– Excellent at Research level, TRL 0-2 – Can improve at the insertion level, TRL 3-4 – Need more “transition” based curriculum – IP Sharing/Restrictions

• Sustainable Intelligence For Next Generation

Aerospace…

Value Proposition wrt the Business Case

Science, Business and Government need to have a Focused Target

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Vertical Lift Consortium (VLC)

• Non-profit Consortium
• OTA with US Gov (typically cost share required)
• OEMs, suppliers, academia work collaboratively

with the U.S. Gov to develop and transition innovative vertical lift technologies (TRL 3-5)

• Solicitation Method – Task Request, Request for

Project Proposals NRTC is a program funded under VLC

• Focused on pre-competitive research

(TRL 2-3)

• High Fidelity Icing Analysis and Validation

for Rotorcraft Project

• 2013 AHS Howard Hughes Award

Winner

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How NASA promotes industry research:

• NASA Research Announcement (NRA)
• Procurement contract, Grant, Cooperative

Agreement

• Space Act Agreement (SAA)
• Reimbursable, nonreimbursable, funded,

international

• Bell uses SAA for M525 engine inlet icing

test & FARDS drive system testing (Reimbursable – Bell pays NASA to use resources)

• Indefinite Demand, Indefinite Quantity

(IDIQ)

• 5 year agreement (no cost share)
• Tiltrotor Test Rig developed under an IDIQ

NASA-Industry Research

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CARIC: Consortium for Aerospace Research and Innovation in Canada

• To stimulate business innovation through collaborative R&D

in the aerospace industry.

• To provide financial support for collaborative R&D projects.
• To launch initiatives whose primary purpose is to:

– serve as catalysts for collaboration that can help to overcome the silo effects; – promote faster, more relevant R&D. Government becomes a key facilitator for aerospace collaborative research and technology development

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TRL Product timeline

Product development, manufacturing, in-service, end of life Fundamental Research

Canadian Aerospace Research Continuum

Demonstrations Applied Research

Technology Push & Requirements Pull

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Industrial Members

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Universities, Colleges and Research Centres

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Board of Directors 23 members Finance Committee Scientific Committee Ethics Committee

Research Committee

Executive Committee

Independent, transparent authority:

• Selects and approves

research projects Representation:

• Regional
• Industrial
• OEM
• SME
• Academia and

research centres

Governance

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International Collaborations Funding Scenarios

Protocol of Collaboration

Québec/ Canada Company

Project Governance CRIAQ R&D Agreement

University/ Research Centre Public Funding Programs International Company

Project Governance Agreement

University/ Research Centre Public Funding Programs Multilateral Mechanisms (ei: Eureka, Joint calls)

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PROGRAM MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK : RESEARCH THEMES

DPHM AUT COMP ENV LEAN INTD PLE-P MANU MDO AVIO OPR

Acoustics, noise control, environment, de-icing Manufacturing and assembly processes, quality assurance Modeling, simulation, multidisciplinary

• ptimisation

Avionics and controls Product and system development, productivity Diagnostics, pronostics, surveillance of components Composites Interior design Autonomous systems Air operation and human factors -

• rganisational

innovation Optimisation of the supply chain and lean production

*As of February 2015.

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Outcomes - Metrics

• CARIC accelerates aerospace research
• Research projects launched (TRL 1-6)
• Involvement: academia, research centers and industry
• Funding provided and leveraging factor
• Technologies developed
• CARIC supports student training
• Mobilizing SMEs

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• The State of New York
• The State of Washington
• The State of Michigan
• OEMS:

– Aerospace – Automotive

• Medical
• Electrical Power Including Batteries
• Optics
• Bio [Environmentally Focused Companies]

US Participants Ready to Participate

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Questions