ARA was saddened to learn of the death of His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh. Prince Philip was the longest serving Royal Consort in history and his loss will be felt deeply by Her Majesty the Queen, the Royal Family and the Nation. 
 
Prince Philip was a great advocate for British engineering, science and technology and visited ARA twice. In 1956 he officially opened ARA for business following its conception and construction over the previous 4 years. With his lifelong passion for innovation he returned again in 2002 to commemorate ARA’s 50th anniversary.

Hot on the tail of the rescheduled 2021 Sir John Charnley Lecture 'Confessions of a UAV Entrepreneur' we have our April virtual lecture 'Human Factors (HF) Errors and Design' which looks to be a fantastic insight into the world of Human Factors Engineering, find the lecture details below.

Rollout of the first KFX prototype in April 2021 by KAI.
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Development of Advanced Wing Solutions

Aircraft Research Association Ltd (ARA) is pleased to announce it is a partner within the DAWS research & development programme, led by Airbus with partners CFMS Services Ltd, International Technegroup Limited (ITI), University of Bristol, University of Liverpool and University of Southampton.

Dear valued clients,
Aircraft Research Association Ltd (ARA) takes this opportunity to wish you and your colleagues a Happy New Year.

The Mayor of Bedford Borough Dave Hodgson visited Aircraft Research Association’s charity Christmas lights display on 17 December and awarded main prizes to two teams – Project Management and Design & Manufacturing.

ARA is proud to confirm three members of staff have been nominated by BAE Systems for the ‘Chairman’s Award for Innovation’ (CAI) in recognition of high performance during recent collaborative transonic wind tunnel test work.  David Roberts and Luke Horner are nominated for the Team Tempest initiative to develop a next generation combat air system and Andrea Ciarella for collaborative work on the Turkish Aerospace TF-X fighter programme where BAE Systems is a design partner.

ARA is proud to announce that two members of staff have successfully worked towards professional engineering registration. Luke Horner and Aaron Cherry have patiently completed the application process for Incorporated Engineer and Engineering Technician respectively.