1. The document discusses the development of the space industry in Wales over the past and future decades, from the opening of Snowdonia Spaceport in 2018 to mining on Mars in 2040. 2. It outlines Wales' existing aerospace manufacturing sector and strengths in areas like advanced materials, as well as its strategic sites and segregated airspace that could support spaceport operations. 3. The Wales Space Strategy aims to connect Wales to the UK's goal of securing 10% of the global space market by 2030 and recommends developing industry clusters, strengthening the UAS environment, and diversifying the industry value chain.

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Wales in Space
The Wales Space Strategy
John Whalley
Aerospace Wales Forum
6th July 2016,
Launch of OpTIC Space Incubation Programme
OpTIC Centre, St Asaph

2. Let’s look back
Today in 2050
… we have a come a long way?

3. Let’s look back…
2018 Go ahead for Snowdonia Spaceport
2020 Spaceport opens and the first
tourist flight launches
2022 weekly space trips commence
2023 ‘UK Space Valley’ development
2030 mining on the moon commences
2032 Snowdonia Spaceport wins contract
to support Lunar mining
2040 Snowdonia Spaceport wins contract
to support first human colony on Mars
2045 we celebrate our 10,000th launch
2050 mining on Mars commences
2025 daily flights to Australia launched

4. What have we
achieved?
Thousands of
of highly skilled jobs created
The North Wales economy
becomes a key driver for the
Northern Power House
The UK has become the
European centre for space
technology and exploration
rivalling the US
New high tech industries
spring up

5. UK Spaceport
Snowdonia Aerospace
Centre, Llanbedr
• Coastal location, low
population and direct access
to segregated airspace
provides a robust safety
case
• EZ Designation with full
Ministerial backing
• Masterplanning and
strategic investment – site
infrastructure, ultrafast
broadband, enhanced site
access

6. Let’s look back
Meanwhile back on Earth…

7. Advanced Materials &
Manufacturing Sector
•2,800 companies across the sector
•147,000 people employed within
manufacturing
•Strengths in automotive, aerospace and
defence
•Dedicated Enterprise Zones
Toyota’s high value
‘Lean Centre’
Ford’s £24m
Eco-Boost Engine
Airbus’ fleet wings
manufacture

8. Wales is a centre of
excellence for aerospace
manufacturing and MRO
related activities.
Over 160 companies
employ in excess of 23,000
people.
State-of-the-art facilities
manufacture, supply,
maintain, repair and
overhaul, civil and military
aircraft from around the
world.
Aerospace in
Wales
Aerospace in
Wales

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1.Airborne Systems
2.Airbus Group
3.BAE Systems
4.British Airways
5.Airbus Defence and Space
6.Zodiac Seating UK
7.Cytec
8.Doncasters
9.Faun
10.General Dynamics
11.GE Aircraft Engine Services
12.Marshall AG
13.Magellan
14.Nordam
15.Qinetiq
16.Qioptic
17.Raytheon
18.Spectrum Technologies
19.Thales
20.Tritech
21.Triumph Actuation
& Motion Control Systems
Llangeinor, Bridgend
Broughton
RAF Valley and Usk
Cardiff Airport, Llantrisant and Blackwood
Newport
Cwmbran, Newport
Wrexham
Blaenavon
Llangefni
Oakdale and Newbridge
Nantgarw
Hawarden
Llay
Blackwood
Aberporth
St Asaph and Bodelwyddan
Hawarden
Bridgend
Aberporth and Llanelli
Wrexham
Buckley
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Llanelli
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Strategic Profile & key sites
Aerospace & Defence
•Estimated Turnover - £6.5bn
•Estimated GVA - £1.7bn
•Employs – 23000 people
•GVA per employee - £74000
•Strength in:
•Wing Manufacture
•Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul
•Defence Communications
•RPAS/UAS test facilities
•Opto electronics

10. ● Estimate Turnover - £ ~ 7bn
● Estimate GVA - ~ £2.2bn
● Employs - ~24,000 people
● ICT Sector in Wales has the highest GVA
per employee - £92,000 (Welsh Gov)
● Strength in:
•Financial software
•Cyber security
•Systems integration
•Business application software
•Opto-electronics
•Power Electronics
•Contract Manufacturing
Strategic profile:
Wales and the EST Industry

11. Wales Space Sector
Strategy
The Arc of Innovation offers the global
space industry a winning combination.
Wales will support the UK’s goal of
securing 10% of £400 billion 2030
space market.
• Launched at July 2015 UK Space
Conference, Liverpool
• Industry led and developed in
conjunction with the Satellite
Applications Catapult, Oxford
• Arc of innovation Wales – enhancing
our proposition through industry /
Academia collaboration

12. Wales Space
Sector Strategy
• World class R&D through Wales
Academic Space Partnership
(WASP)
• Established companies – Airbus
Defence & Space, General
Dynamics
• Strategic Sites with airside
access
• Wales’ Remotely Piloted Aircraft
Systems (RPAS) environment

13. Wales RPAS
Environment
Wales’ RPAS
Environment
•7100sqkm of segregated airspace
with no ceiling
•Advanced optical tracking and
telemetry
•Facilitates full scale testing, training
and RPAS flight demonstrations
•An environment ideally suited for
spaceplane operations

14. guidelines for corporate presentations
UK Space Growth Action Plan
• Recommends that a UK Space Port be created and be in place by 2018
• Seeks to capture 10% of the £400 billion global space sector by 2030 and increase
employment from 27,000 to 100,000 high added value jobs.
• Upstream to grow to £3billion and Downstream to £37 billion by 2030.
UK Industry Growth
• Space industry turnover in 2012/13 was found to have increased by 15% in real
terms in the two years since 2010/11 (an annual average of 7.3%3), to £11.3 billion.
• Total UK space employment grew to 27,000 by 2014.
Space Sector Potential

15. guidelines for corporate presentations
Space Economy
Building Blocks

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Wales
• Previously not engaged with key UK space stakeholders (public and private)
• Significant R&D expertise (uncoordinated)
• Economy not preparing for projected growth in downstream and tripling of upstream to
£3 billion by 2030.
Space and Wales
No Catapult representation in Wales
UK Space Agency “Health of the UK Space Industry
Report – 2014”
Welsh industry not featured

17. guidelines for corporate presentations
To:
• Support Wales bid for UK Space Port.
• Capture space knowledge to consolidate mapping undertaken.
• Provide strategy pathway for growth and evidence to communicate strategic intent
toward wider space sector.
• Seek input from public/private sector (in/out Wales).
Choice of strategy author
• Requires intimate knowledge of UK Space Growth Plan.
• Posses high level of technical specialist space knowledge and strategic foresight.
Why Strategy?

18. guidelines for corporate presentations
Wales Building Blocks
• Established upstream capability.
• Significant aerospace sector.
• Strong academic sector (expertise from space and planetary robotics, solar
system physics, propulsion to optoelectronics and data visualization
solutions).
• Unique airspace capability (2,500 sq mile segregated airspace with direct
access to space).
• Range of sites with airside access and room for expansion.
• Strong innovative SME base.

19. guidelines for corporate presentations
Arc of Innovation
Pendine
Llanbedr
West wales UAC Centre

20. guidelines for corporate presentations
5. Llanbedr
1. Cardiff International Airport
3. Pendine Range
4. Aberporth
2. St Athan
Facility Description
1 Cardiff
International
Airport
Runways, facilities to
support aerospace
growth, secure site, new
buildings, runway
2 St Athan Runways, facilities to
support aerospace
growth, secure site, new
buildings, runway
3 Pendine
Range
World’s 2nd longest test
track
4 Aberporth West Wales Airport,
RPAS, segmented
airspace
5 Llanbedr RPAS, space, segmented
airspace
Infrastructure

21. guidelines for corporate presentations
Qioptiq Space Technology
Spectrum Technologies
Teledyne Labtech
Space Companies
Doncasters
QinetiQ Pendine
QinetiQ Aberporth
TWI
IQE
CGi
Specialisms
• Advanced semiconductor and
epitaxial products/services
• Earth Observation
• Laser wire processing
technology
• Manufacture of forged rings,
casings, blades and discs.
• Manufacture of microwave
solutions
• NDT
• Radiation stable micro-sheet
cover glass for the space
industry
• Test and evaluation rang

22. guidelines for corporate presentations
Strategy is needed because:
• Will connect and integrate Wales directly with the UK Space Growth Action Plan.
• Provides evidence and structured plan to UK stakeholders.
• Provides much needed support to the UK Space Port bid.
• Provides structured way forward, from specialist, on how best to ensure that a UK
Space Port be created and be in place by 2018.
• Provides opportunity to seek share of project UK growth.
Therefore, strategy = good Value For Money
Space Strategy

23. Wales Space Strategy
Recommendations:
• Develop clusters
• Strengthen UAS environment
• Diversify the industry value
chain
• Develop skills for the space
sector
“Wales will continue to work as a
team member with the UK space
community to contribute toward
the realisation of the UK’S 2030
Goals”.

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