Rolls-Royce joins the ATI Boeing Accelerator

Today, we're excited to announce that global industrial technology company Rolls-Royce will join the ATI Boeing Accelerator as partner for our upcoming cohort.

Now in its second year, the ATI Boeing Accelerator recently opened applications to invest into sustainability-enabling startups that will benefit the UK aerospace industry across three key areas of focus: Industry 4.0, Lifecycle and Resilience, and Energy.

Rolls-Royce engaged with cohort one startups and, following successful involvement, has committed to the ATI Boeing Accelerator as a partner, providing resources such as mentors, access to supply chain and network, as well as potential for paid projects with the cohort startups.

Having worked alongside the ATI, Boeing and GKN Aerospace, we've seen how much startups appreciate the access to top-class resources that these companies offer and we are incredibly excited about the opportunities that our next cohort will receive through our partnership with Rolls-Royce.

We're delighted to have Rolls-Royce join the programme and, as a result, we have extended our application period until 4th October 2020.

We asked Alistair Donaldson, Transformation Exec - Head of Innovation and Service Design at Rolls-Royce, about the partnership and he said:

"Our engagement with the first programme cohort was very positive and I am very pleased to be building on this as we announce our partnership agreement. We are passionate about startup engagement and streamlining the ways corporates and early stage companies build value together. The programme, put together by ATI, is outstanding in terms of quality of cohort participants and focuses on tangible outcomes; investment, adoption and job creation. The broader energy transition and sustainability agenda present a huge opportunity for the UK Aerospace Industry, we very much look forward to working with the successful applicants, and building on relationships with ATI and industry stakeholders."

Nour Eid, Senior Technologist and ATI Boeing Accelerator Programme Lead at the Aerospace Technology Institute also commented:

"Feedback from our first cohort showed that one of the most important aspects of our accelerator programme was direct access to our partners - Boeing and GKN Aerospace. We're excited to have Rolls-Royce join us as a partner for our next cohort. We're looking forward to working closely with colleagues from Rolls-Royce, who will be providing expertise and insights into the world of aero engines and will support our startups as they develop their technologies in aerospace."