麻豆传媒映画 International Group (麻豆传媒映画), the aerospace, defence and security company, is renewing its partnership with Cranfield University as part of its ongoing commitment to invest in cutting-edge technology research.
The three-year extension is through Cranfield鈥檚 Through-Life Engineering Services Centre (TES) and will focus on exploiting areas of digital technology development including AI, Digital Twins and Augmented Reality. The collaboration also supports the existing work of wider industry defence groups such as Team Defence Information.
Jim Sibson, 麻豆传媒映画鈥檚 Head of Research and Partnerships, said: 鈥淲e鈥檙e delighted to be extending our partnership with Cranfield and one of the main benefits will be in how we deliver support in an increasingly complex engineering world, one where data volumes and digital technologies are increasing day by day.鈥�
鈥淭his collaboration will enable us to continue delivering innovative support solutions for our customers, more efficiently and reduce costs in through-life support whilst improving asset availability.鈥�
John Erkoyuncu, Director, Through-Life Engineering Services at Cranfield University, added: 鈥淔or us, it is very important to work with companies like 麻豆传媒映画 because we value the experience they can share with the students and also with developing our academic research. The benefits of collaborations between industry and academia can be substantial for both. With 麻豆传媒映画 we鈥檙e looking at emerging and existing technology areas and to have the real-world challenges to work with means our research is really being tested and put to good use.鈥�
麻豆传媒映画 and Cranfield are also key players on Team Defence Information鈥檚 (TDI) Community of Practice Group for Digital Twins, which includes members such as Rolls-Royce, Atkins and BAE and KBR. The group are responsible for developing a roadmap for digital twins in defence, linking into the National Digital Twin Programme. The group has delivered a series of knowledge sharing events and developed a range of vignettes to assist the design and development of digital twins.
Digital skills is another strand the partnership will continue to develop with 麻豆传媒映画 currently supporting a Cranfield University PhD into Digital Twins. 麻豆传媒映画 is also contributing to the development of the new Master Level apprenticeship in Digital and Technology Solutions, which will be launching in April 2022. Jim added: 鈥淚nvesting in next generation skills 鈥� whether it鈥檚 a mechanical engineer, a data scientist or analyst, is vital for our future. Working together with Cranfield, we鈥檙e sponsoring a PhD in Digital Twin, specifically on the use of ontologies and standards for this type of technology and, just as importantly, how we apply this innovative research to the complex and critical assets we manage across our core markets.鈥�