Dowty Propellers, a manufacturer of aircraft propeller systems for civil and military applications, plans to build a new facility in the Gloucester, UK area. This follows a fire in February 2015 that destroyed its operating headquarters and blade manufacturing facility. It is expected that the new facility will be operational in 2019.
Dowty Propellers will also begin a £20 million technology development project both propeller systems and future propulsion systems. The project, Digital Propulsion, is match funded by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial strategy through the Aerospace Technology Institute Programme, with a grant of £9.5 million, and overseen by Innovate UK. Partners include the National Composites Centre, the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre and the Manufacturing Technology Centre.
‘A key focus of the ATI strategy for UK aerospace technology is defining the propulsion of the future: advanced technologies that will enable reductions in noise and fuel burn, Dowty Propellers’ Digital Propulsion project, through its state-of-the-art digital infrastructure to develop and manufacture propellers, is an integral part of delivering that strategy and building on the UK capability in this important area,’ said Gary ElliotCEO of the Aerospace Technology Institute.
This story is reprinted from material from Dowty, with editorial changes made by Materials Today. The views expressed in this article do not necessarily represent those of Elsevier.
