Advanced engineering and innovative technology solutions provider Amentum and the University of Manchester have expanded their collaborative agreement to develop “world-changing” technologies, including materials science, robotics and energy.
Andy White, senior vice president of energy and environment international at Amentum, highlighted how combining the two institutions’ resources would enable the delivery of innovative solutions for customers. “We have now signed a new memorandum of understanding … [that] will see us delivering groundbreaking research and developing new technologies with the potential to change the world and applying them in the industries where Amentum operates,” he added.
Amentum has been cooperating with the university’s Dalton Nuclear Institute in a wide range of collaborative research and development initiatives for over a decade, focusing on corrosion, robotics and structural integrity. It also recently funded, in collaboration with the U.K. Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, the University of Manchester-led Centre for Robotic Autonomy in Demanding and Long-lasting Environments, an effort focused on better understanding the ethical and regulatory implications of autonomous systems’ rapid proliferation.
“Together with Amentum, we share a bold ambition: to deliver research that is not only world-leading but world-changing,” said Richard Curry, vice dean for research and innovation in the Faculty of Science and Engineering at The University of Manchester.