North West Aerospace Alliance

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Contact

Victoria Ingham
Pendle Business Centre, Commercial Road, Nelson, BB9 9BT
UK, Lancashire
+44 (0)1282 604 444
+44 (0)1282 604 000
victoria.ingham(at)aerospace.co.uk

Website

www.aerospace.co.uk

North West Aerospace Alliance

Cluster Description

Facts & Figures

Number of companies Approximately 350 member companies
Number of employees 50,000 Direct and 100,000 Indirect
Number of research institutes 15 Universities, 1 Science Centre of Excellence
Other cluster members  
   

Cluster Management

Organizational form Private, Not for profit/Company Limited by Guarantee
Financing Public Funding (regional), Project funding, membership fees, commercial work
   

Main Actors

Main industry actors Airbus Industrie, BAe Systems, Rolls-Royce
Main research institutes
  • University of Manchester
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  • Liverpool University
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  • Salford University
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  • Lancaster University
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  • Daresbury Science & Innovation Park
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    Cluster Competences and Strategy

    Strengths & Competences

    • Military aircraft systems integration
    • Airframe components
    • Titanium machining
    • Military composites
    • Engine sub systems and components
    • UAV Systems design

    Science & Research

    • Autonomous Systems
    • Carbon composites
    • Virtual Engineering
    • Skills modelling capacity

    International Collaboration

    None

    Main Challenges

    Develop a world competitive, technology based, high performance, innovative supply chain via our current supply chain programme and phase 2 programme.