Research programmes
Work that outlives a product cycle
Two research programmes, both running to 2032.
Project Vinaya
2026 to 2032
Project Vinaya is our planetary research programme, and our longest commitment. It covers planetary science and exploration, satellite and space systems, and the aircraft technologies that support them. Six years is a long time to fund a question. We think the questions worth asking take about that long.
Mission Sunrays
2027 to 2032
Mission Sunrays is our solar research programme, built on four commitments we abbreviate as RRRS: research, reach, revolution, sustain. The work covers solar dynamics, high-precision observation, and the energy applications that follow from both. We run it with partners rather than alone.
Aircraft technologies
Both programmes feed the same place: the aircraft we build. Structures, propulsion and the materials that carry them are where planetary and solar research turn back into engineering.
Partner with us on a programme
Research collaborations, supply and academic partnerships.