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Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Hub – Outline Call

Issue date Issue date: 18 October 2019 Calendar Opening date: 18 October 2019 Calendar Closing date: 12 December 2019 at 16:00 Information Status: Open Tag Tag: Invitation for outlines Tag Related themes: Digital economy Engineering ICT Manufacturing the future UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) invites outline proposals for a coordination Hub for the UKRI Trustworthy Autonomous Systems programme. Up…

IMechE UAS Challenge 2020

Key Calendar dates Registration open: 16 September 2019 Registration close: 30 October 2019 Welcome seminar/webinar: 8 November 2019   Launched six years ago, UAS Challenge provides an educational platform to university teams to learn practical aerospace engineering skills, enhance employability opportunity in the sector and develop soft skills such as team working, leadership, commercial skills…

IMechE UAS Challenge 2019

16-18 June, 2019 Snowdonia Aerospace Centre, Llanbedr, LL45 2PX   The UAS Challenge (Unmanned Aircraft Systems Challenge) is the IMechE leading annual student competition in the aerospace sector. It leads the way in promoting value and cohesion within the industry, providing unique opportunities to universities, their teams, the individual participants and of course for our partnering…

Southampton engineers celebrate world’s first flight of pioneering ‘lighter than air’ UAV

The Phoenix ultra-long-endurance aircraft spends half its time as a heavier-than-air aeroplane. A new type of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has made a successful maiden flight thanks, in part, to the expertise of engineers from the University of Southampton. The 15m-long, 10.5m wingspan, Phoenix is the world’s first large variable-buoyancy-powered UAV. Resembling an airship with wings, in appearance, the ultra-long-endurance aircraft spends half its…

IMechE UAS Challenge 2019

16-18 June – UAS Challenge 2019 Snowdonia Aerospace Centre, Llanbedr, LL45 2PX   Participating teams of undergraduates from national and international universities are required to undertake a full design and build cycle of a UAS with specific mission objectives, before competing in a final two-three day ‘fly-off’ event in the UK, The Challenge is set…