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WELCOME TO NATEP
The National Aerospace Technology Exploitation Programme is a £10m programme to develop 60 aerospace technologies in the UK aerospace supply chain.
The Aerospace Growth Partnership developed the National Aerospace Technology Exploitation Programme (NATEP) aimed at small and medium sized suppliers to help them develop their own innovative technologies to enhance their capabilities and increase their ability to win new business with higher tier companies anywhere in the world.
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NATEP CASE STUDIES
Innovative cable harness solves reliability issue
On Board Equipment - Aircraft Systems
The designers of a ‘fit-and-forget’ solution for aircraft landing gear connector harnesses see...
Kwikbolt fastens onto winning formula
Materials
Kwikbolt is a young SME with the sort of agility and focus you’d expect. The Isleworth,...
Powering up with award-winning new technology
On Board Equipment - Aircraft Systems
For a self-described ‘bunch of engineers’ who started a business to make a difference,...
Chrome replacement Hardide® cleared for takeoff
Materials
An innovative REACH-compliant coating technology, commercialised with the help of NATEP, is...
Modular galley promises big gains in time, cost
Aircraft Interiors
NATEP helped three Belfast SMEs develop a successful new approach for aircraft galleys partly...
Breakthrough in high-strength AM powder
Materials
NATEP has helped propel an advanced aluminium powder from early-stage development into the...
NATEP project experience leads to SME support
On Board Equipment - Aircraft Systems
Teer Coatings Ltd (TCL) has seen the benefits of NATEP funding and support. Now the...
Rapid tool verification aids precision manufacturing
Software - System or Business / Process
A rapid machine tool verification system that promises big gains in efficiency for precision...
Counter-UAV system takes video analytics to new level
UAV
The forced closure of Gatwick’s air space in December 2018 dramatically drove home the issue of...
CASE STUDY SUCCESS STORIES
“If it had not been for NATEP we would have been unable to have assembled the expert consortium or to engage in this critical propulsion system development programme which is delivering breakthrough results.” Ashley Bryant, Managing and Technical Director, VTOL Technologies Ltd.”
Ashley Bryant, Managing and Technical Director, VTOL Technologies Ltd
"The COP-E4 project would not have happened without NATEP. It was high risk and we could not get funding. The potential impact however on both the environment and fuel saving is significant and now we have reached a stage where all the people who were previously on the periphery of what we were doing, but who would not commit, have become interested"
John Lamberton, Managing Director - Weslake Services
"Embedded Logic Ltd has been developing flight control systems for large competition class model helicopters since 2004. We were a reasonably successful small company with a turnover peaking at £600k. Around 2013 the market experienced a decline leaving us in an uncertain position. The NATEP Project allowed us to safeguard an engineering position and, repurpose and extend our controller technology to be used in large UAVs like the SkyBike (our Lead partner)."
Angelos Gonias, Director , Embedded Logic Ltd
NATEP NEWS & EVENTS
Please check our News and Events pages for updates on our regional activities where you can find out about our projects firsthand.