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Aurrigo raises £1.4m in UK government funding to deploy autonomous vehicles for airport security patrols and runway inspections
Aurrigo builds autonomous vehicles for airports, including the Auto-Shuttle®, Auto-DollyTug® and Auto-Cargo®. The vehicles are designed to carry out routine airside work such as security patrols, perimeter and runway inspections and moving aircraft support loads, for airport operators whose staff currently do that work on foot and by vehicle alongside moving aircraft.


Altilium secures £19m in funding from UK government for EV battery recycling facility
Altilium is a clean technology company that develops processes to recover critical materials from end-of-life electric vehicle batteries. It produces battery-grade materials such as nickel, lithium and graphite for reuse in new battery manufacturing.


Intelligent Energy secures £17m ATI Programme award to develop hydrogen fuel cell system for zero-emission aircraft
Intelligent Energy designs hydrogen fuel cell systems for aviation, developing modular high power platforms for eVTOL and short range aircraft that focus on efficiency, thermal management and scalable zero emission propulsion.
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- 15 Sept 2026

Space SolarSpace Solar wins a £1.3m ARIA contract to beam wireless power from the ground to stratospheric aircraft
GrantDeep Tech - 14 Sept 2026

Bitrobius GeneticsBitrobius Genetics secures a £700k grant from ARIA to deliver gene therapies directly into mitochondria
GrantLife Sciences - 12 Aug 2026

CN BioCN Bio secures a £180k Innovate UK grant to develop organ-on-a-chip system for drug behaviour predictions
GrantLife Sciences