Spirit AeroSystems (Europe) Limited & Solvay have united their research and technology to help the development of composite aerostructures. Solvay has become a strategic partner of Spirit’s Aerospace Innovation Centre (AIC) in Prestwick, Scotland. The Aerospace Innovation Centre promotes research into sustainable aircraft technologies and processes with Spirit’s industrial, academic and supply-chain partners. The goal of the partnership is to further investigate composite development opportunities to meet the performance, cost and production-rate requirements of future aircraft.
“Solvay’s product development leadership and our best-in-class, UK-based Application Centre will be key in contributing to the development of future-proofed, industrial-ready technologies in this exciting cooperation with Spirit.”
Rob Blackburn, Head of Global Customer Engineering Aerospace and Defence at Solvay Materials Global Business Unit.
The companies aim to deliver and advance upon manufacturing concepts and solidify an increase in composite fabrication, automation and assembly technologies to de-risk and shorten the development cycle. An exploration into further strategic alignment on future innovation is also being investigated.
“Solvay’s expertise in product development, combined with our own capabilities in advanced manufacturing and aerospace design, will allow us to create new technologies and processes that will push the industry forward. Spirit looks forward to continuing collaborating with Solvay as we work towards achieving shared goals of enhanced performance, sustainability and competitiveness on future aircraft platforms.”
Jahan Ali, Director of Research and Technology, Europe at Spirit AeroSystems.
News sourced from Solvay.
