R&D News
Delkia Launch Advanced Air Mobility & Unmanned Air-Systems Programme – Dragonfly - at Farnborough 2024
22 July 2024
Delkia is launching its Dragonfly programme at Farnborough 2024. This is an innovative project to develop uncrewed air-systems and advanced air mobility prototypes. This could offer cost-effective and low carbon solutions to replace some of the tasks currently performed by larger, more costly aircraft. A model of Project Dragonfly Mark 1 experimental aircraft will be on display on Delkia’s stand,1025, at Farnborough.
Kurt Canfield, CEO of Delkia, said: 'Delkia is taking our core skills in safety and mission-critical systems and applying them alongside our expertise employed serving aerospace and maritime sectors, to develop innovative and exciting future solutions. We’re looking forward to attending Farnborough International Airshow to meet our existing customers and other leading innovators from the aerospace, aviation, and defence sectors.’
Alan Barnes, Growth Strategy Director for Delkia Aerospace, explains: ‘Our ambition is to develop a range of autonomous platforms. Ultimately, we’re looking to bring to market a system that integrates new design and flight technologies to create an uncrewed transport system that can move people and cargo in areas currently underserved by traditional commercial aircraft. The programme brings together the company’s experience in critical and safety-related systems, mission systems, product design, product safety and regulatory compliance.’
Peter Hudson, Head of Research, Technology, and Innovation said: ‘Delkia is embarking on its Dragonfly UAV development programme with a view to revolutionise people’s air mobility in the not-too-distant future. Our capability development will see many interim products brought to market that will serve civil, defence, blue-light and industrial applications.’
Grant unlocks Delkia's first R&D project
29 April 2024
A grant of £49,887.53 from Cumbria Local Enterprise Partnership’s Innovating for Success scheme has unlocked a flagship research and development project for Delkia, who are based in Whitehaven, Egremont and Preston.
Delkia provides some of the most complex, high performing control systemsin the UK. In its 11th year, the company, which operates in highly regulated sectors including nuclear, aerospace and maritime, is on track to make £10m+ in revenue.
Project Bumblebee, at a total cost of £99,775, is their first research and development project. It is focussed on developing a technology that will allow the rapid development of safe, vehicle control systems for submarines, ships, aircraft and other complex defence and commercial systems, as Pete Hudson, Delkia's R&D Manager explained: “We used the investment to take Bumblebee to a proof-of-concept demonstrator, using a remote-controlled submarine. The Cumbria LEP grant has helped us to establish the Bumblebee team and to buy essential computing and equipment.''
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Delkia Grows Aerospace & R&D Capacity
12 April 2023
To meet customer demand, Delkia has grown its aerospace and R&D demand with the appointment of Alan Barnes as Director of Aerospace, Geoff Cooper as Technical Manager for Aerospace and Peter Hudson as R&D Manager. These join Alan Watson - Business Development Director, Mark Dimeck – Aerospace Principal Consultant and Richard Sleeman – Principal Engineer, to create an experience aerospace team.
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Peter Hudson, Delkia’s new R&D Manager, has over 26 years’ experience with BAE Systems Warton, in roles as varied as Programme Engineering Manager and Technical Strategy Integration Manager in the Research Department, working on projects from NIMROD to FCAS. Peter says: “I’m here to provide a strong, coherent technology research portfolio that supports and unlocks our Aerospace ambitions as well as our work in Maritime and Clean Energy markets.”
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