INTELLIGENT BRANDS // Green Technology
Innovators challenged
to use AI to boost
aircraft performance
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that this innovation, combined with Canadian
expertise, can produce yet another innovative
step forward in the aerospace industry.
Dr Jeremy Silver, CEO Digital Catapult, said:
“This is a unique opportunity for cutting-
edge tech start-ups to tackle a serious
challenge faced by the aviation industry and
apply innovative new approaches to a real-
world problem. We’re proud to be working
with Bombardier, the UK government and
the British Consulate in Montreal to launch
this exciting Open Call to top tech talent and
we urge companies from across the UK and
Canada to apply.”
I
nnovators in the UK and Canada have
been challenged to help aircraft reach
unprecedented levels of performance
in extreme weather and make them eco-
friendlier by using Artificial Intelligence
(AI). Start-ups and researchers will need to
showcase ideas as to how AI could make
aircraft more aerodynamic and cut down on
ice build-up on the ground and in flight. It
is hoped that the new solutions, part of the
UK-Canada AI Innovation Challenge, could
cut costs for operators and make aircraft
eco-friendlier by burning less fuel.
Applicants will be invited to pitch their ideas
directly to Bombardier and industry experts.
The winner will have the opportunity to
meet with Bombardier to explore a potential
future collaboration.
Business Secretary, Greg Clark, said: “This
is a unique chance for the best and the
brightest minds in Artificial Intelligence to
come up with revolutionary ways to help
aircraft operators burn less fuel and cut
costs. The UK has unrivalled heritage and
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world-leading expertise in both aerospace
and AI, and our Industrial Strategy aims
to build on that success in aerospace and
make the UK a global centre for AI and
data-driven innovation.
“Science and innovation has no borders,
with most of the world’s best discoveries
made through international and
interdisciplinary collaborations. I have no
doubt that working alongside Canadian
researchers and innovators, UK experts will
generate inspiring new approaches to this
emerging technology.”
Minister of State for the Department for
International Trade, Baroness Fairhead,
said: “The UK and Canada already enjoy
a fantastic trading relationship which
increased to £17.4 billion last year. I am
therefore delighted to see initiatives such
as this which will only help to further boost
this relationship.”
British businesses are quickly earning a
reputation as a world leader in AI and it is clear
Industries across the UK and Canada use AI
to boost productivity and create high-value
jobs. The modern Industrial Strategy sets
out plans to make the UK a global centre
for AI and data-driven innovation and the
government has recognised the benefits
of this growing sector in the Artificial
Intelligence Sector Deal through the creation
of the Office for AI. n
THIS IS A UNIQUE
OPPORTUNITY
FOR CUTTING-
EDGE TECH
START-UPS TO
TACKLE A SERIOUS
CHALLENGE FACED
BY THE AVIATION
INDUSTRY.
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