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Knowledge Transfer Network corporate blog
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KTN recently released a promotional video highlighting the dynamism of the UK maritime industry, that’s already received positive feedback from the sector as, “a very good example of how to project and promote the industry to those formulating strategy and taking investment decisions”.
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Transport technology news
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MassChallenge, a Boston, Massachusetts, based startup accelerator non-profit, has opened a UK startup accelerator programme for 2016 offering equity-free support to early stage entrepreneurs...
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Following a successful Newton Fund brokered visit of UK companies with expertise in rapid urbanisation to Jiangsu , China, in January, the Jiangsu Science and Technology Department...
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Innovate UK is investing up to £4.5 million in collaborative industrial research projects that stimulate innovation in additive manufacturing , also known as 3D printing. The aim of this...
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At the time of writing there are 99 separate currently open funding opportunities listed in The European Structural and Investment Funds programme ‘funding finder’, a rolling...
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The Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS) has this week issued a call for ideas on its Citizen Space website, seeking views on how the UK should develop its innovation framework...
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The Engineer magazine has announced that entries are open for its Collaborate To Innovate competition, offering exposure of collaborative projects at a its Collaborate to Innovate...
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The 2016 Hello Tomorrow Challenge was launched this week offering a €100K top prize in equity free funding for a global competition for early-stage startups and projects. It is also offering...
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Innovate UK has published its 12 month delivery plan promising investment of £561 million in innovation and to take a more focused approach to supporting innovative UK companies. ...
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Innovate UK has published its 12 month delivery plan promising investment of £561 million in innovation and to take a more focused approach to supporting innovative UK companies.
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Its delivery plan for the year 2016 to 2017 includes:
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a new sector focus that is easier for industry, investors and government to work with
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a 5-point plan to underpin activity across these sectors and drive productivity growth
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clearer funding programmes that are easier to navigate
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improvements to the way Innovate UK connects businesses to knowledge and partners
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a stronger regional presence
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Supported by Innovate UK , KTN has published the report Design in Innnovation: Using design early for greater success , to help businesses use design methods earlier than is often the case...
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Highways England has published its Innovation strategy, a five year £150 million plan to support the government’s £15 billion Road Investment Strategy.
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The strategy highlights planned projects that it will trial or investigate, including in new technologies and opportunities such as big data, and Internet of Things, in order to improve safety and tackle congestion on England’s strategic road network.
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This network carries a third of the country’s overall traffic and two thirds of its freight traffic.
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Following through on the proposition of the output of a workshop it organised in 2014 - that cybersecurity depends not just on the design of systems to deliver effective cybersecurity, but also...
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The European Commission has launched a public consultation as part of its development of an Integrated Research, Innovation and Competitiveness Strategy designed to help the EU’s transition...
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A third Call for Proposals opened on 10 March for the Clean Sky 2 Joint Undertaking with an overall indicative funding value, (according to its Bi-Annual Work Plan And Budget 2016-2017), of...
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SESAME Net , a Horizon 2020 supported pan-European network of high performance computing centres, has launched an online survey to help understand the ‘supercomputing’ needs of SMEs . ...
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KTN is a delivery partner for the International Festival for Business 2016 (IFB2016), a three week programme of 60 events in Liverpool from 13 June to 1 July, focused on the...
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This month the European Commission’s Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME) announced the latest recipients of funding awards for two ‘phases’ of the Horizon 2020 SME...
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Having adopted a Digital Single Market (DSM) Strategy, which provides for a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) on cybersecurity of technologies and solutions for online network security in to be...
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The Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA) - the successor of the European Commission Trans-European Transport Network Executive Agency - has signed the final grant agreements for the...
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The Buckminster Fuller Institute (BFI) - a New York based body that promotes the ideas of the renowned author, designer and inventor - has invited entries from around the world for its...
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Intelligent Mobility
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Innovate UK announced on Thursday 6 July that it is to invest £19 million in projects that test new infrastructure technologies for the first time in user-facing applications. The aim of...
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In addition, the Highway code and regulations are to be altered so advanced driver assistance systems that change lanes on the motorway and park the vehicle by remote control can be used safely.
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The European Commission opened a 12 week consultation period on 24 June to survey opinions from stakeholders and interested parties on possible actions at EU level to support the deployment of...
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Innovate UK has today opened a competition offering to invest up to £15 million in innovation projects in the infrastructure systems sector , including solutions that provide for connected...
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Opening the first of three scoping events to capture the views of industry and academia on suitable next steps for developing UK expertise in connected and autonomous vehicles, Rob Furlong...
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Business Secretary Sajid Javid announced back in February the eight consortia were selected to research and develop proposals to help develop infrastructure for connected and autonomous...
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Endorsed by two secretaries of state and the Cabinet Office, the government yesterday issued a Call for evidence on the UK testing ecosystem for connected and autonomous vehicles , to...
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The University of Warwick’s WMG has joined forces with the University of Oxford and Imperial College London to support the ‘Autonomous Driving Challenge 2016’ , to inspire the next...
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KTN is, once more, a media partner for Frost & Sullivan’s Intelligent Mobility Future Business Models In Connected And Automated Mobility workshop and conference , the eighth edition of its...
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Cyber-Physical Systems Engineering Labs (CPSE Labs) - the EU Horizon 2020 funded network of design centres in France, UK, Sweden, Spain and Germany as part of the Smart Anything Everywhere ...
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Volvo Cars, the Swedish (and Chinese owned) car maker, has announced it is to begin a autonomous driving trial next year . In 2010, Volvo Cars was acquired by Geely Holding. Last...
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The Transport Systems Catapult (TSC) has published a new Technology Strategy that identifies eight Intelligent Mobility goals for innovation and investment and on market sectors it...
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Among measures highlighted by the Bus Minister Andrew Jones MP , in the government’s forthcoming Buses Bill is a proposal that all operators will be required to publish open data about...
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As part of the unveiling of what it calls its “Intelligent Mobility” vision at the Geneva International Motor Show this month, Nissan announced that it intends to perform on-road technology...
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KTN’s Mark Matchett detected “real enthusiasm for developing a new supply chain in connected and autonomous vehicles” from the diversity of experts that attended The Drive West Midlands...
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In his budget presented today, The Chancellor The Rt Hon George Osborne MP confirmed some pre-announced plans released to the press at the weekend, designed as additional measures to further the UK as a global centre for excellence in connected and autonomous vehicles.
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TravelSpirit , a new collaboration between transport authorities, transport providers, university researchers and software experts, has initiated a platform to encourage mobility-as-a-service...
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The Disruptive Technologies UK Conference and Expo at the Wellcome Trust, London, on 29 September 2016 - that will features Autonomous and Non-Autonomous Vehicles as one of 12 technologies...
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Transport for London has announced that video 'jamcams' and live London Underground car park data has been added to its open data API, provided free of charge for developers. The latest...
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Business Secretary Sajid Javid this week announced the projects selected for funding by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) via Innovate UK to support the wide...
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Since then his Wayfindr navigation system for partially sighted and blind users of transport has received support from Transport for London, Department for Transport (via the KTN promoted DfT T-TRIG grant scheme) and most recently from Google.org.
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“For me”, said Umesh on his latest blog post, “the Wayfindr standard is a perfect example of my belief that designing to be accessible to extreme users, helps create a product that is accessible and valuable to all”.
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As part of the IC Tomorrow programme on 3 February at the Academy of Medical Sciences, Portland Place, London, eighteen contest finalists will be pitching their ideas intended to solve...
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Energy Efficiency
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The Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC) is developing a national network of specialist centres of excellence – it calls Spokes - to support industry with specialist academic, technological and...
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A total of £2,300,000 is to be made available for two Niche Vehicle Network (NVN) funding competitions under its automotive research and development programme . Sponsored by the Office for...
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In addition to the ‘in person’ networking event for a second Low Carbon Vehicle Demonstration competition, Networking & Consortia Building Event Networking & Consortia Building Event...
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Speaking today at the Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership annual conference, Transport Minister Andrew Jones announced there will be £19 million of government funding made available through an...
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KTN will be hosting an Advanced Materials Innovation Showcase at this year’s Cenex LCV 2016 Low Carbon Vehicle Event on 14 and 15 September at Millbrook, and our materials team has...
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Newly completed research highlighted a perceived lack of clarity about the precise meaning of low emission commercial vehicles. Since there is no drive cycle test suited to the operation of commercial vehicles there’s no certainty that any commercial vehicle will actually qualify as ‘low emission’ in real operating conditions. This uncertainty was found to have the effect of deterring investment in low emissions vehicles, in response to which LowCVP’s Andy Eastlake described work on developing a more representative drive cycle.
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The German office of the UK Science and Innovation Network (SIN) and local agencies, via KTN, are inviting UK researchers in e-mobility for a subsidised three day mission in October to...
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Nissan has announced a trial of a vehicle to grid trial and unveiled a home energy storage solution to complement its Nissan Leaf vehicles, plus other developments designed at an announcement...
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Go Ultra Low - a campaign to increase purchase consideration of electric vehicles supported by the government and SMMT - has today announced a new initiative for public and private sector...
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Ricardo has previewed the objectives and full lineup of Project FEVER, a two year Innovate UK supported collaborative R&D project for which it will design through-the-road hybrid demonstrator vehicles integrating Control Power Technologies electric motors within the rear axle, for similar efficiency gains as for full electric hybrids but offering significantly cheaper manufacturing costs.
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Cenex – the organiser of the UK’s largest technology showcasing and networking event for the UK low carbon vehicle community – is inviting organisations to submit an Expression of Interest...
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The Department for Transport and Office for Low Emission Vehicles Plans have today announced a £2 million fund to encourage more businesses to switch to hydrogen-fuelled vehicles . The Fuel...
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According to provisional data compiled by the European Environment Agency (EEA) the average CO2 emissions for new cars sold in 2013 in Europe was 127 grammes of carbon dioxide per kilometre,...
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Shell has today unveiled a three seater concept city car which, if it were ever to go into production, is claimed would deliver a 34% reduction in primary energy use over its entire...
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Cenex today announced the opening for registration for its ninth annual Low Carbon Vehicle Event – LCV2016 taking place on 14 and 15 September 2016, at Millbrook in Bedfordshire. Last...
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The European Commission yesterday launched two Horizon prizes to support the identification of ideas for drastically reducing air pollution caused by transport . As previewed by Mark...
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Qualcomm Incorporated and Shoreham, West Sussex, based Ricardo have this month announced a technology licence agreement under which Ricardo will commercialize Qualcomm’s Halo wireless...
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BOC , the UK’s largest supplier of industrial gases, and ITM Power , an energy storage and clean fuel company, have announced an agreement under which BOC will be provide infrastructure...
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Ben Peace, KTN’s Sustainability Lead, will be one of the presenters at seminar coming up in May that will examine the challenges associated with the manufacture, in-vehicle use, remanufacturing...
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The Department for Transport , Andrew Jones MP , Innovate UK and Office for Low Emission Vehicles have jointly announced support for 44 projects, involving around 130 companies resulting...
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KTN has published a comprehensive review of the latest calls for proposals within the Horizon 2020 Fuel Cell Hydrogen Joint Undertaking provided by Jean-Luc Delplancke, Head of its Programme Unit. The 88 minute webinar offers detailed guidance for potential applicants for the latest round, offering a total of €117.5 million of funding - with a deadline for applications of 3 May 2016.
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ITM Power and The Centre for Engineering and Manufacturing Excellence (CEME) have jointly announced that, following planning approval, that a memorandum of understanding has been...
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The University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC), together with Vehicle suspension specialists Tinsley Bridge Limited and engineering design company Performance...
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Last Monday, Northamptonshire-based prototyping and low-volume component manufacturer Vayon became the latest company to confirm participation in the £13.2 million Automated Module-to-pack...
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Timed with a visit last Friday to Morgan Motor Company in Malvern, Business Secretary Sajid Javid announced the succesful recipients of the latest round of Advanced Propulsion Centre...
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After completion of the Innovate UK supported in-service trial of a Wrightbus StreetLite midi bus fitted with a Flybrid mechanical kinetic energy recovery system (KERS), Torotrak has announced...
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Vessel Efficiency
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The International Festival for Business 2016 , to be held in Liverpool on 13 June to 1 July, includes of relevance to the marine industry a workshop co-hosted by the Association of...
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What are the challenges and opportunities for post-project winners of the first Innovate UK R&D competition call? This was the opening salvo question, posed at the KTN and Innovate...
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What are the challenges and opportunities for post-project winners of the first Innovate UK R&D competition call?
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This was the opening salvo question, posed at the KTN and Innovate UK 12 April ‘cohort project exchange day’ at the London headquarters of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, held to listen to and assist successful participants in the first Vessel Efficiency competition, launched back in 2013.
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WITT Energy , maker of the WITT (Whatever Input to Torsion Transfer) device that was first supported by Innovate UK’s Marine Vessel Efficiency competition in 2013, has closed a crowdfunding...
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The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has issued a ‘request for proposals’ to design, deliver and demonstrate a waste heat recovery system technology (WHR) suitable for shipping. As part...
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The UK Marine Industries Alliance (MIA) has launched an industry Code of Conduct for surface Maritime Autonomous Systems, to help establish “pan industry agreement on aspects of Surface Maritime Autonomous Systems (MAS(S)) development, design, production and operation in advance of and alongside the establishment of governing regulations”.
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The code specifies nine ‘Industry Principles’ intended to make sure that such systems are operated safely and responsibly, and in compliance with regulations.
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The code was produced by the UK Maritime Autonomous Systems Regulatory Working Group, that was established in 2014 to focus on the regulation of unmanned surface vehicles, and currently has over 30 members from a broad section of government, industry and academia, including KTN.
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KTN hosted a seminar on Innovation in Maritime Navigation in collaboration with the Royal Institute of Navigation and the General Lighthouse Authorities on 2 March 2015 at Trinity House,...
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The Sustainable Shipping Initiative (SSI), a coalition of shipping companies from around the world working to achieve a more sustainable shipping industry has published a report on its recent...
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The Porchester based supplier of unmanned and autonomous marine systems, with 60 employees in the UK and USA, specialises in USV design, build, operation and maintenance.
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Rail
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The Rail Safety and Standards Board’s Train Operator Competition for 2016 , TOC-16, is currently open to the rail supply chain with train operators in order to support innovations addressing...
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It's less than two weeks to KTN’s Intelligent Sensing Programme 44: Health, Monitoring and Predictive Maintenance in Rail Infrastructure conference , at the National Railway Museum in York on 5...
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RSSB (via Rail Research UK Association (RRUKA)) is making up to £500,000 available for academic-led feasibility studies to identify novel solutions that will reduce the risk of delays, and...
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The European railway associations CER, CIT, EIM and UIChave this week published a joint Roadmap for digital railways, presented to promote what they call ‘the proper use of digital technology’, stated as essential for enhancing rail’s performance and increasing its attractiveness for customers.
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The next meeting of KTN’s Intelligent Sensing Programme , a regular get-together for KTN’s sensors community, will feature new technologies and developments in condition monitoring of...
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Transport System Catapult (TSC) has today, in partnership with Alstom, announced its Rail Grand Challenge , to fund small and medium enterprises to develop potentially innovative ideas...
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Safety and Standards Board yesterday announced the opening next month of its Train Operator Challenge 2016 - abbreviated to TOC’16, as its summer 2016 innovation competition, set to offer...
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On 30 March the Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking (S2R JU) announced it received 43 proposals with a total funding request of close to €80 million in response to its first open call for...
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The eighteenth Unlocking Innovation Scheme networking event , sponsored by Hitachi, is to be held at 9:30 on 20 April in Nottingham, and is expected to preview RSSB’s forthcoming Train...
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The House of Commons Transport Committee has announced it is to investigate industry plans for deploying new digital technologies and how they will impact the use of the network by...
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The West Midlands Integrated Transport Authority has announced that it has begun negotiations with battery suppliers to fit a fleet of Midland Metro Urbos 3 trams with Lithium Ion batteries...
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RSSB has opened for expressions of interest a £4.5m competition to address the estimated £350m annual cost of track and vehicle running gear damage caused by vibration, a long standing...
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At the conclusion of its participation of the two year Digitally Enabling Electrification project, Atkins has laid out its experiences of applying open standards in line with...
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The European Space Agency (ESA) has ‘launched’ the web site SPACE4RAIL to highlight challenges and needs in the rail sector that could be met using space-based solutions, and to...
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The Rail Supply Group (RSG), the Department for Transport and Department for Business, Innovation and Skills supported group tasked with delivering opportunities for the UK rail supply chain, ...
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Shift2Rail has published slides presented at its recent Information Day on the current Shift2Rail open calls , held in Brussels. The presentations, made on 20 January 2016, include an...
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