The ASTRAEA programme is jointly funded by industry and the public sector. Half of the funding for ASTRAEA is therefore being provided by public sector organisations – including the TSB and the regions – with the rest from a consortium of seven UK companies: AOS, BAE Systems, Cassidian, Cobham, QinetiQ, Rolls-Royce and Thales UK.
Industry:
Public sector:
- TSB (Technology Strategy Board)
- Welsh Assembly Government
- Scottish Enterprise
- SEEDA (South East England Development Agency)
- SWRDA
- NWDA (Northwest Regional Development Agency)
- CAA (Civil Aviation Authority)
Other Stakeholders:
Universities:
Subcontractors and SMEs:
- Aerosynergy (working with AOS and the partners on Virtual Certification)
- CAA - Sense & Avoid Safety & Certification Studies (working with Thales UK on Sense & Avoid)
- Cranfield Aerospace Ltd (working with BAE Systems on Separation Assurance & Control)
- DM Aviation Ltd (working with BAE Systems on Autonomy & Decision Making)
- Ebeni - Sense & Avoid Safety Case Development (working with Thales UK on Sense & Avoid)
- The Great Circle (working with BAE Systems on Autonomy & Decision Making)
- Iphestos Systems Ltd (working with BAE Systems on Separation Assurance & Control)
- Netherlands Research Laboratories - Sense & Avoid Trials Platform (working with Thales UK on Sense & Avoid)
- PHM Technology (working with AOS on autonomous prognostic health management - from diagnosis to reasoning about the remedial action to take)
- Protographics - Systems Integration Laboratory (SIL) Development (working with Thales UK on Sense & Avoid)
- Roke Manor Research Ltd (working with BAE Systems on Separation Assurance & Control)