“Vertical Aerospace Welcomes UK Funding Boost for Next-Generation Aviation Technology”

Bris­tol-based Ver­ti­cal Aero­space stat­ed this week, it has wel­comed the UK Depart­ment for Transport’s announce­ment that fund­ing has been award­ed to projects work­ing on next-gen­er­a­tion zero-emis­sion air­craft and the devel­op­ment of VTOL tech­nol­o­gy, reports a press release.

Michael Cer­ven­ka, Chief Com­mer­cial and Strat­e­gy Offi­cer at Ver­ti­cal, com­ment­ed, “By unit­ing world-class exper­tise in air­craft design, infra­struc­ture, reg­u­la­tion and oper­a­tions, this UK project shows how we can turn ambi­tion into real­i­ty.” 

He con­tin­ued, “Togeth­er, we are lay­ing the ground­work for an entire­ly new mode of trav­el that will trans­form region­al con­nec­tiv­i­ty, sup­port our econ­o­my and put Britain at the fore­front of elec­tric flight.”

The release explains, “Among the ini­tia­tives receiv­ing sup­port is the ‘OxCam AAM Cor­ri­dor’ demon­stra­tor, which is bring­ing togeth­er the exper­tise of Sky­ports, Bris­tow Heli­copters, NATS, Ver­ti­cal Aero­space and Oxford­shire Coun­ty Coun­cil, with the aim to accel­er­ate the tran­si­tion of Advanced Air Mobil­i­ty (AAM) from tri­als to com­mer­cial­ly viable, region­al oper­a­tions with­in the UK. The project will cul­mi­nate in planned test flights by Ver­ti­cal Aerospace’s VX4 air­craft.”

Invest­ed as part of the government’s Future Flight pro­gram, deliv­ered by Inno­vate UK, the fund­ing is designed to secure the UK’s glob­al lead­er­ship in the future of avi­a­tion.

Simon Mas­ters

Simon Mas­ters, Deputy Chal­lenge Direc­tor for Future Flight at Inno­vate UK, remarked, “We are proud to con­tin­ue sup­port­ing the UK’s future flight ecosys­tem, accel­er­at­ing the route to com­mer­cial oper­a­tions and deliv­er­ing real-world impact.”

He added, “These ambi­tious new projects high­light the strength of the sec­tor and its diverse appli­ca­tions, from reduc­ing emis­sions, advanc­ing health­care deliv­ery and pro­tect­ing our envi­ron­ment. By focus­ing on region­al adop­tion, we aim to dri­ve faster, more impact­ful growth and soci­etal ben­e­fits for com­mu­ni­ties across the UK.”

The gov­ern­ment has com­mit­ted UKP2.3 bil­lion in fund­ing over the next 10 years to the Aero­space Tech­nol­o­gy Insti­tute pro­gram, which helps the sec­tor to man­u­fac­ture new­er, more effi­cient, elec­tric air­craft.

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(Top image: VX4 fly­ing over the Cotswolds)

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