It has been announced that the National Composites Centre (NCC, Bristol, U.K.) will play a key role in a bilateral international program between the U.K. and Australia to accelerate the integration of advanced materials into military platforms.
Nine partner teams across both nations have received Phase 2 funding worth a total of £1.48 million ($2.82 million USD) from the U.K. and Australian governments to develop innovative proposals covering the integration of composites, adhesives for structural joining, joining high-temperature structures, and improving armor systems.
This program is jointly funded by the Australian Next-Generation Technologies Fund run by DST Group, and the Ministry of Defense Materials for Strategic Advantage program in the U.K. Both nations used a common assessment framework managed by the U.K.’s Defense and Security Accelerator (DASA).
The joint effort gives both nations access to international research using a total pooled fund of around £2.52 million ($3.5 million USD) from the two phases of the competition so far. Across themes, individual proposals were also chosen to support mutual reliance with one nation taking the lead. The new projects start in 2021 and will run for up to two years.
For more information: National Composites Centre
