Synaptic Laboratories Ltd. convened an event entitled International Opportunities in Aerospace Research and Innovation in Malta. Aviation and Aerospace are very important pillars in the Maltese economy. They are also at the top of the Government’s R&I agenda, being one of the smart specialisation areas as outlined in the National Research & Innovation Strategy 2020.

According to Mr. David Pace, Project Manager for the ICT Gozo Malta Project, “the event demonstrated the strong commitment of the Government and its agencies to support Aerospace technology innovation locally, as well as promoting the potential for International Collaboration. ICT Gozo Malta is about developing government – academia – industry collaboration. We achieved an excellent result today.”

Mr. Pace also said, “in preparing for this event we received sterling support from the Malta Council for Science & Technology (MCST) and the Parliamentary Secretary responsible for Innovation and Technology, Chris Agius.”

This all-day event built on existing ongoing activities, as it was focused on some specific Malta-sourced innovation that is already winning international interest. The Malta Council for Science and Technology (MCST) supported the event, with the Parliamentary Secretary for Research, Innovation, Youth and Sport, Chris Agius, in attendance for keynote speeches.

The event also drew together senior aerospace representatives from MCST, the University of Malta Institute of Aerospace Technologies, and Malta Air Traffic Services (MATS), who attended an open session involving introductory presentations by the said entities.

All these organisations have a strong common interest to participate in or support highly innovative projects to promote Malta internationally as a source of cutting edge aviation and aerospace innovation. The University’s Institute of Aerospace Technologies has a strong record of successful participation in projects that include the largest aviation and aerospace companies. MATS has interest in Air Traffic Management particularly related to the Single European Sky.

Also attending this event were CEO’s, senior managers and technical experts from important local and overseas companies that share a common interest in the specific Malta-sourced innovative technology that was under consideration.

The event continued through several closed “by invitation only” sessions in which Synaptic Laboratories Ltd engaged in exploration of their successful prototypes with representatives of companies who travelled to Malta to attend, including Zodiac Aero Electric (a company within the global aerospace leader Zodiac Aerospace, a French headquartered company operating in 100 countries that is a key supplier to Airbus and Boeing and various other global aviation companies), ELSYS Design (part of the international ADVANS Group) and HCELL Engineering (the strategic aerospace partner of ALTERA).

The technologies being presented by Synaptic Labs included a new type of memory management unit that offers world-first capabilities. Dr. Ing. Kenneth Chircop from the University of Malta Institute of Aerospace Technologies attended all sessions on the day.

After the event, Dr. Ing. Chircop confirmed “The technical demonstration and the event generally were a complete success. In my capacity as a hardware expert in the aviation and aerospace arenas, I have participated in technical reviews of technologies created by Synaptic Laboratories.”

“I can confirm they are exciting and highly innovative from many respects. This is just the tip of the iceberg as far as potential for these new technologies is concerned. They can be the replacement for the existing technologies that are widely used across different industries globally. I can say this because the new technology is successfully prototyped, it offers important capabilities not seen in any competing solution, and it is also only a fraction of the size of existing solutions,” he said.

Finally, the new technology can be applied in practically any relevant computing system. Its potential is therefore wide open. From the European perspective, this technology contributes strongly towards supporting one of the EU’s highest R&D objectives, which is to maintain global leadership in embedded computing technologies,” Dr. Ing. Kenneth Chircop concluded.

Another participants at the event included Mr. Majed HALILA, Managing Director of HCELL Engineering, Paris, France, and HCE Systems, Tunisia and Ron Kelson, CEO of Synaptic Laboratories Ltd.

Photo: Parliamentary Secretary Chris Agius (centre) with attendees at the Aviation and Aerospace Event

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