The grant was awarded by the UK India Education and Research Initiative (UKIERI), co-ordinated by the British Council. The project is titled Towards Reliable and Smart Air-vehicles, and aims to develop control technologies for UAVs and micro-satellites to be used in search and rescue scenarios.
BAE Systems is one of four ‘corporate champions’ helping to sponsor the UKIERI’s collaborative education projects between the UK and India, along with BP, GlaxoSmithKline and Shell. This project will draw upon the research capabilities of the two countries, establishing stronger links between the research communities, which will be important for future collaboration.
Leicester University and BAE Systems will be working in partnership with the Indian Institute of Science at Bangalore, the National Aerospace Laboratories (Bangalore) and the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. BAE Systems will be bringing its skills in successfully applying knowledge in a commercial environment to contribute to the innovative, cutting-edge research that Leicester University and its Indian partners will produce.