Overview
The Joint Board for Aerospace Engineering invites members, professionals and the general public to attend an upcoming Focus lecture series “Aeronautical Innovation – Swedish and International Perspectives”. These seminars will be held in Newcastle, Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide and Brisbane in April 2024.
Swedish aeronautics shows unique strength for a small nation. This is due to long term political neutrality and decision for an independent military capability. However, the fall of the Berlin wall in 1989 and the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 led to significant cuts in defence budgets, including R&I funding, over the next several decades. In order to maintain technical knowledge and competitive position, a national strategic innovation programme for aeronautics, INNOVAIR was established in 2013/2014 and is still running.
This presentation will discuss how the innovation system was strengthened by involving both regional, national, bilateral (prioritized countries by export or excellence criteria), and multinational aspects (European framework programme and joint technology demonstrators) into the same strategy for all the actors involved, i.e. academia, institutes, SMEs, and large industries. Both civil and military aeronautics is considered from TRL 1-9. The importance of balanced activities at all TRL for all the relevant technologies involved are highlighted in order to have products today, demonstrators for next generation, and research for generation n+1. The importance of “optimised” systems integration is also clarified. The second part of the lecture considers the present aeronautical situation in Europe in detail, and the rest of the world in generalised terms, and discusses future issues including greening of aircraft (electric, hydrogen, and new fuels) and paradigm changes in future fighter systems. If time permits, more in depth aspects of structures and materials will be covered from design principles through material selection to certification.
Event program
Each event will follow the below program:
- 5.30–6.00 pm: Registrations open and networking commences with light refreshments
- 6.00–7.00 pm: Presentation commences
- 7.00–7.15 pm: Interactive Q&A session
- 7.15–8.00 pm: Networking
- 8.00 pm: Event concludes
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