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Listen to our Supercharging Innovation podcast series

This latest series explores how the UK must break down barriers to solve national and global challenges and how this can be realised through the power of science, innovation and technology. You’ll be hearing from our expert Catapult panellists and an array of very special guests including industrialists, academics, politicians and thought leaders.

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Satellite Applications Catapult and Voyager Technologies to Collaborate on ISAM

The Satellite Applications Catapult, a leading UK space company accelerating the invention and adoption of space data and technology, and Voyager Technologies (Voyager), a global leader in space solutions and defence technology, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on In-Orbit Servicing, Assembly and Manufacturing (ISAM).

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Satellite Applications Catapult and Voyager Technologies to Collaborate on ISAM

The Satellite Applications Catapult, a leading UK space company accelerating the invention and adoption of space data and technology, and Voyager Technologies (Voyager), a global leader in space solutions and defence technology, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on In-Orbit Servicing, Assembly and Manufacturing (ISAM).

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New Local Area Energy Planning roadmap sets out path for local authorities to attract green investment

Today, Energy Systems Catapult and Phoenix Group launch a new report, ‘Unlocking Regional Investment Through Local Area Energy Planning’, demonstrating that the UK’s transition to Net Zero requires a refreshed approach to financing local energy projects. It is estimated that the UK will need investment of £26 billion per year into low carbon technologies and infrastructure through to 2050 to get to Net Zero1. However, many local authorities are finding it challenging to secure funding, which has delayed some decarbonisation projects. The report finds that place-based financing, the key to delivering Net Zero at local level, is being limited by fragmented planning, higher borrowing costs in certain regions, and the need to strengthen investor confidence.

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New Digital Process Manufacturing Centre unlocks emerging technology for Scottish industry

A new centre designed to support process manufacturing industries with next-generation technologies was officially opened in North Ayrshire on 27 February 2025, fuelling economic growth and helping to position the region as a leader in smart manufacturing and digital skills.

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The statistical foundations for risk-optimal certification by analysis

The traditional ‘make and test’ approach for new products relies on experience, knowledge and large-scale demonstrators to generate certification data. At best, these are prohibitively costly and time-consuming. For some new products, this approach is impossible. Sophisticated simulation is increasingly being used by engineers in place of expensive physical testing and at the High Value Manufacturing Catapult we are accelerating these certification by analysis (CBA) capabilities to reduce the time to market for new products.

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25 innovators to develop AI proposals for UK transport

The AI in Transport Enhancing Passenger Experience Competition seeks to explore how artificial intelligence (AI) can revolutionise the way people travel – with the aim of delivering faster, cleaner, and more affordable journeys that positively benefit passengers in the UK. The programme is funded by the Department for Transport (DfT) and delivered by Connected Places Catapult. In the first phase of the programme, 25 small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have been selected to develop use case proposals that embed responsible AI into the UK’s transport systems, with the potential for real-world applications that improve transport in the UK. These selected SMEs have been refining their AI-driven proposals, working closely with experts and industry stakeholders.

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Listen to our Supercharging Innovation podcast series

This latest series explores how the UK must break down barriers to solve national and global challenges and how this can be realised through the power of science, innovation and technology. You’ll be hearing from our expert Catapult panellists and an array of very special guests including industrialists, academics, politicians and thought leaders.

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Listen to our Supercharging Innovation podcast series

This latest series explores how the UK must break down barriers to solve national and global challenges and how this can be realised through the power of science, innovation and technology. You’ll be hearing from our expert Catapult panellists and an array of very special guests including industrialists, academics, politicians and thought leaders.

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Partnership aims to save lives with energy support for vulnerable households

A new phase of Energy Systems Catapult’s Warm Home Prescription® has been launched in partnership with SGN and Fuel Bank Foundation. Running from December 2024 to March 2026, the initiative takes a proactive approach to protecting those most at risk from the dangers of living in a cold home. Each winter, inadequate home heating contributes to a rise in emergency admissions for respiratory issues, heart attacks, and strokes. Research indicates that cold homes cost the NHS around £1.4 billion each year and play a role in tens of thousands of avoidable deaths. With over 36% of households spending more than 10% of their income on energy, soaring bills force many families to reduce essential heating, placing them in serious health jeopardy.

Partnership aims to save lives with energy support for vulnerable households

A new phase of Energy Systems Catapult’s Warm Home Prescription® has been launched in partnership with SGN and Fuel Bank Foundation. Running from December 2024 to March 2026, the initiative takes a proactive approach to protecting those most at risk from the dangers of living in a cold home. Each winter, inadequate home heating contributes to a rise in emergency admissions for respiratory issues, heart attacks, and strokes. Research indicates that cold homes cost the NHS around £1.4 billion each year and play a role in tens of thousands of avoidable deaths. With over 36% of households spending more than 10% of their income on energy, soaring bills force many families to reduce essential heating, placing them in serious health jeopardy.

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Safety and sustainability innovations for maritime technology trials

Five small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with novel systems to improve safety and performance within maritime and beyond have been selected to take their ideas to trial. The SMEs are part of Connected Places Catapult’s Maritime Accelerator, and are being supported over five months to develop their innovations and progress them towards commercial readiness.

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The Satellite Applications Catapult appoints five new Non-Executive Directors

The Satellite Applications Catapult has appointed five new non-executive directors, Manjari Chandran-Ramesh, Tobias Ellwood, Ruth Mallors-Ray, Tony Mather and Colin McInnes, who will join the Catapult’s board in February 2025. They will support the effective governance of the Catapult and bring invaluable insight from distinguished careers in industry, academia and the public sector.

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Medicines Discovery Catapult Wins Bionow Business Support Award

Medicines Discovery Catapult has been named ‘Business Support of the Year’ at the annual Bionow Awards, which took place last night (6 March). Medicines Discovery Catapult is a national Life Sciences service dedicated to turning drug discovery into commercial breakthroughs. The award recognises Medicines Discovery Catapult’s commitment, professionalism, creativity and success in providing specialist support to the Life Sciences sector.

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Eleven local innovators seek to solve industry challenges using deep tech

In partnership with Smart Nano NI, a local consortium collaborating to develop game-changing advanced prototyping and smart manufacturing methods to deliver new technologies, Digital Catapult has welcomed eleven companies on a new Technology Access Programme to accelerate the practical application of photonics and future networks for local industry. Led by Digital Catapult, the Smart Nano NI Accelerator Programmes provide startups and SMEs with access to cutting-edge technology and expertise to leverage deep-tech to develop products and services that address complex industry challenges, drive innovation and enhance business competitiveness.

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Commercialisation Pathway Simplified with New Regulatory Roadmap for RNA Therapeutics and Vaccines

The UK’s Intracellular Drug Delivery Centre (IDDC) has created a new regulatory roadmap for innovators developing RNA therapeutics and vaccines – a new class of medicines based on ribonucleic acid. With input from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), the go-to guide aims to simplify the journey from research to commercialisation.

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Commercialisation Pathway Simplified with New Regulatory Roadmap for RNA Therapeutics and Vaccines

The UK’s Intracellular Drug Delivery Centre (IDDC) has created a new regulatory roadmap for innovators developing RNA therapeutics and vaccines – a new class of medicines based on ribonucleic acid. With input from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), the go-to guide aims to simplify the journey from research to commercialisation.

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Digital Catapult becomes one of the first sites to join national 6G research platform

Digital Catapult, a deep tech innovation organisation, has become one of the first sites to connect to the JOINER (Joint Open Infrastructure for Networks Research) platform, advancing the development and use of data-driven and open future networks in the UK. Led by the University of Bristol’s Smart Internet Lab, the platform is set to accelerate the adoption of future communication and networking technologies, including 6G, nationwide.

Digital Catapult becomes one of the first sites to join national 6G research platform

Digital Catapult, a deep tech innovation organisation, has become one of the first sites to connect to the JOINER (Joint Open Infrastructure for Networks Research) platform, advancing the development and use of data-driven and open future networks in the UK. Led by the University of Bristol’s Smart Internet Lab, the platform is set to accelerate the adoption of future communication and networking technologies, including 6G, nationwide.

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Compound Semiconductor Applications Catapult interns inspire over 500 future engineers at Cardiff Science Festival 2025

Compound Semiconductor Applications Catapult attended Cardiff Science Festival for the fifth year last week to help inspire young people and their parents about exciting careers in engineering. Compound Semiconductor Applications Catapult’s current UK Electronic Skills Foundation scholars showed students how to build circuits and explained how important they are for smartphones, electric cars and many other technologies.

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Catapulting growth in 2023 and beyond

In the face of many challenges – changing customer desires, cost pressures, supply chain disruption, expected regulatory changes and fierce competition – UK innovation is on the rise. This article showcases how Catapults helped to deliver great results for business and industry in 2023; it summarises our predictions for technology-driven advances in 2024 and the years ahead.

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£50 million boost for Catapult activity and capability in Chancellor’s Autumn Statement 2023

Last week, the Government's Autumn Statement announced a £50 million boost to Catapult funding to further enhance projects across energy, manufacturing, transportation, digitalisation and healthcare.

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Merger of Agri-Tech Centres paves way for future Catapult ambitions

Innovate UK is working with its three Agri-Tech Centres to create a new integrated capability. The three Agri-Tech Centres are Crop Health and Protection, Centre for Innovation Excellence in Livestock and Agricultural Engineering, Precision and Innovation Centre. This new single entity will facilitate a stronger cross-sectoral approach and drive better outcomes for the agri-tech sector across innovation, commercialisation, and adoption, as well as research. Together they are being invited to develop a proposal to establish an agri-tech Catapult, to complement the work of the existing nine Catapults.

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Catapult Network applauds two new publications from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Today, George Freeman MP, Minister for Science, Research and Innovation welcomes two new publications from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) evidencing continued Catapult impact and growth.

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Catapult Network applauds two new publications from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Today, George Freeman MP, Minister for Science, Research and Innovation welcomes two new publications from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) evidencing continued Catapult impact and growth.

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Catapult Network welcomes new reports demonstrating Catapult impact

Enterprise Research Centre and Innovation Caucus recently shared new economic analysis that demonstrates the significant long-term value the Catapult Network brings to the UK economy in two reports commissioned by Innovate UK.

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Catapult Network welcomes new reports demonstrating Catapult impact

Enterprise Research Centre and Innovation Caucus recently shared new economic analysis that demonstrates the significant long-term value the Catapult Network brings to the UK economy in two reports commissioned by Innovate UK.

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Innovation is the key to ‘Shaping Future Skills’, say Catapult Network and partners at South Wales event.

The Catapult Network lends its weight to the challenge of transforming the availability of key skills within the UK in key areas of technological growth.

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Why science, innovation and technology must be at the heart of the UK’s plan for growth

New Chair of the Catapult Network, Katherine Bennett CBE, explains how joint collaboration between industry and Government can deliver on the UK's growth ambitions.

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2022: Catalysing the UK’s journey as an innovation nation

As the UK prepares to harness the power of technology to address its most critical national challenges, Catapults are primed to support the journey towards the UK becoming a science superpower and an innovation nation.

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Catapults secure 35% increase in investment from Government in Autumn Statement 2022

The Chancellor’s Autumn Statement secures funding for Catapults to accelerate research, development and innovation through business support and collaboration.

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Catapult Network welcomes new ‘Inclusivity in Innovation’ supporters at major ED&I event

The Catapult Network has today confirmed the backing of a dozen new high-profile supporters, including Rolls-Royce and Siemens, for its Inclusivity in Innovation Charter. The announcement of 12 new supporting organisations came during the Catapult Network’s second major ED&I event, held today (7 July 2022) at the Glasgow Technology & Innovation Centre, based at the University of Strathclyde.

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Catapult Network welcomes new ‘Inclusivity in Innovation’ supporters at major ED&I event

The Catapult Network has today confirmed the backing of a dozen new high-profile supporters, including Rolls-Royce and Siemens, for its Inclusivity in Innovation Charter. The announcement of 12 new supporting organisations came during the Catapult Network’s second major ED&I event, held today (7 July 2022) at the Glasgow Technology & Innovation Centre, based at the University of Strathclyde.

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Why the Catapult Network is a trailblazer for a new energy future

Philip New left the position of CEO for the Energy Systems Catapult recently. Here he looks back on it becoming a critical part in the UK’s energy jigsaw – and what the future may hold. As one of BP’s earliest champions of alternative energy, Philip New spent decades pioneering new ways of powering human endeavour – in an often sceptical environment. Then in 2015, with 30 years of experience in the energy industry behind him, Philip took on the challenge of launching the Energy Systems Catapult as its CEO.

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Why the Catapult Network is a trailblazer for a new energy future

Philip New left the position of CEO for the Energy Systems Catapult recently. Here he looks back on it becoming a critical part in the UK’s energy jigsaw – and what the future may hold. As one of BP’s earliest champions of alternative energy, Philip New spent decades pioneering new ways of powering human endeavour – in an often sceptical environment. Then in 2015, with 30 years of experience in the energy industry behind him, Philip took on the challenge of launching the Energy Systems Catapult as its CEO.

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House of Lords debate: Catapult Network plays pivotal role in innovation – and more

On 19 May the House of Lords debated the report from the Science and Technology Committee: Catapults: bridging the gap between research and industry. The debate highlighted the important role of the Catapult Network in powering innovation and driving benefits for the UK.

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Catapult Network confirms commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

The Catapult Network this week (24th February 2022) formalised its long-held commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (ED&I). The CEOs of all nine Catapults came together at a special event held in the High Value Manufacturing Catapult’s MTC in Coventry to sign the shared Inclusivity in Innovation Charter.

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“The Catapult Network has a fundamental role in delivering the Government’s levelling up agenda” says the new Chair of the Catapult Network, Matthew Durdy.

The new Chair of the Catapult Network, Matthew Durdy, has described the Network as “fundamental” to delivering the Government’s Levelling Up agenda, unveiled in the White Paper this week.

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Catapult Network podcast series puts UK innovation under the spotlight

The Supercharging Innovation Podcast led by Dr Jeremy Silver, this year’s Catapult Network Chair and CEO of Digital Catapult, brought together special guests from government, business and academia to discuss innovation, and why it is so important for our society today. Here are some of the main highlights.

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Catapults are making UK innovation happen – the future of UK R&D and innovation capability

From enabling the consortia that produced thousands of ventilators for the National Health Service, setting up the Lighthouse testing labs network, scaling up vaccine manufacturing, to playing an integral role in creating the first compound semiconductor cluster, the UK’s Catapult Network is proving to be invaluable in achieving the country’s innovation ambition.

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Catapults are making UK innovation happen – the future of UK R&D and innovation capability

From enabling the consortia that produced thousands of ventilators for the National Health Service, setting up the Lighthouse testing labs network, scaling up vaccine manufacturing, to playing an integral role in creating the first compound semiconductor cluster, the UK’s Catapult Network is proving to be invaluable in achieving the country’s innovation ambition.

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Support Catapults to deliver UK’s innovation ambition, says Lords Committee

The Government's ambitions for research and development are not supported by a detailed plan or sufficient investment in innovation. Action is needed to bolster the network of innovation Catapults, and to improve collaboration by universities and industry.

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Support Catapults to deliver UK’s innovation ambition, says Lords Committee

The Government's ambitions for research and development are not supported by a detailed plan or sufficient investment in innovation. Action is needed to bolster the network of innovation Catapults, and to improve collaboration by universities and industry.

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As the nation fights to recover, we have never needed our Catapult Network more. Here’s why

Catapults are already assisting thousands of UK businesses in key industry sectors and through innovative capability building they are helping to close regional inequality gaps. As an economic emergency grips a nation reeling from a health crisis, we are all concerned with how the UK emerges from the pandemic with a strong economy, one that continues to enable opportunities for business growth, creates job security and improves our quality of life.

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UK innovation and technology centres highlight track record for delivering business growth

The Catapult Network launched today the 2019-2020 Annual Report - Creating the future through innovation: Recovery and Resilience.

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