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Flight simulator at Cranfield University wins international award

Air May 7, 2021

The Rolls-Royce Future Systems Simulator housed in DPRTE 2021 partner Cranfield University’s Aerospace Integrated Research Centre (AIRC) has been granted an iF DESIGN AWARD. The internationally acknowledged iF DESIGN AWARD identifies outstanding design, its relevance for business and everyday life, and awards one of the most important seals of quality in ...

DPRTE 2020: Cranfield University’s Innovation in defence education

Homeland March 25, 2020

Writing for Defence Online, Emma Sparks, Professor of Systems Engineering Education Centre for Systems and Technology Management at Cranfield University, looks at Cranfield’s new Defence and Security Programme. Cranfield University are Official Event Partners at DPRTE 2020. They will take their place at the event’s Technology and Innovation Knowledge Transfer Zone, ...

Key organisations set for DPRTE 2019 Innovation Zone

Homeland November 28, 2018

Defence Procurement, Research, Technology & Exportability (DPRTE), the sector’s premier procurement event, will take place at Birmingham’s NEC on 28 March 2019. With a hugely diverse set of requirements, across a vast array of goods and services, the Ministry of Defence is Britain’s industry’s largest customer, buying everything from office equipment ...

The Challenge of Becoming a Defence Exporting ‘Superpower’

October 23, 2018

Professor Ron Matthews and Michelle Charles of Cranfield University explore defence sector exporting, the challenges associated with it and the pivotal role training plays in readying the UK for success. The International Trade Secretary, Liam Fox MP, recently pledged to transform the United Kingdom (UK) into a “21st century exporting superpower”. This assault on ...