The Future Flight Challenge

March 2021

Gary Cutts

Challenge Director – Future Flight

New aviation systems

demonstration by

2023/24

Future Flight Challenge Overview

Autonomy

Battery Developments

Start-Ups

Technology

Convergence

E-machines

Hydrogen

A/I

Novel Sustainable

Air Vehicles

New markets

Catalyse UK investment

New Aviation Services & Markets

Regulation & Standards

Products Societal Benefits

Sustainable flight

Better connectivity

ProductivityAviation Innovation Acceleration

Early zero carbon flight

Supporting new entrants

Building new partnerships

Prototyping aviation innovation

Multiple

outcomes

Future Flight | Programme

FFC

UKRI

Review

Gate

UKRI

Review

Gate

UKRI

Review

Gate

Emerging

capabilities

FFC

FFC

Concept development,

grand challenge refinement

and consortium building

Full development of

multiple, competing

aviation system concepts

Realisation and demonstration

of aviation systems with real

use cases for 3 vehicle classes

Fully integrated

demonstration of

multiple vehicle classes

in live airspace

A programme in 3 phases…

… reflecting an emergent system

Future Flight | Realising AmbitionProgress to date

Driving to full system demonstrations by 2023/24

Innovative Projects

Safety Leadership

New Partnerships

Socio-economics

System Design

▪ 48 projects,196 organisations

▪ Operations and logistics

▪ Infrastructure and Vertiports

▪ Integrated airspace and air

traffic systems

▪ Challenging use cases

Future Flight | projectsExample projects▪ 48 projects selected with

£33.5m funding

▪ Covers entire aviation

system

▪ SMEs and new entrants

prominent