The University of Cambridge’s Whittle Laboratory has officially opened a new £58 million facility and hosted the Frank Whittle Summit, bringing together executives from Rolls-Royce, Airbus, Boeing, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Siemens Energy, and leading AI firms alongside senior government and military officials to launch a new mission-led approach to hardware innovation across aerospace, energy, and defence. The summit, timed to coincide with the Farnborough International Airshow, marks the beginning of an ambitious programme that aims to generate up to £30 billion of economic value and create as many as 10,000 skilled jobs in the UK over the coming decade. What…
