In addition, TDK - the Japanese
electronics company - has located a six person R+D unit in the new building. Already, research undertaken by the teams has led
to important advances in areas such as electronic security, video-on-demand
and high speed image processing.com

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significant milestone as we progress in our discussions with
customers and risk-sharing partners before our Board considers a
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"ECIT's mission is to stimulate major opportunities for economic growth
by pioneering future directions and innovations in key areas of advanced
technology , through the integration of complementary research expertise. Under the LOI,
the U. Government will provide a contribution of Pounds Sterling 180
million as part of an investment partnership for the development of
the CSeries aircraft and the location by Bombardier of major work
packages at its plant in Northern Ireland. The LOI establishes
details of the agreement including the terms and conditions of the
financial package and the extent of the work packages to be
undertaken at Bombardier Aerospace 's plant in Belfast. is a global corporation
headquartered in Canada.

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The Institute is led by director, Professor John McCanny FRS, a world
expert in the design of complex silicon chips for electronics and video
communications applications.

The Letter of Intent is the first step that would lead to
negotiating a formal agreement which would take effect if the
Bombardier Board decides to launch the aircraft.

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Michael Ryan, Vice President and General Manager, Belfast, said,
"If the CSeries family of aircraft is launched, it would help the
research and development of key technologies and capabilities over
the next 15 to 20 years that would ensure our Belfast operation
remains at the leading edge of aircraft design and manufacture.

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BELFAST, Northern Ireland, A new GBP40 million
world class research centre was officially opened in Belfast today on the
site where some of the world's greatest ocean liners - including the Titanic
- were once built. It is staffed by 120 academics, administrators ,
post-doctoral fellows, research students and senior research staff including
40 highly qualified industrial and academic researchers who have been
recruited recently from around the globe. The work would
comprise the development of the wings, engine nacelles and composite
empennage structures for the CSeries aircraft family."

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solutions, from regional aircraft and business jets to rail
transportation equipment , Bombardier Inc.

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ECIT's new 40,000sq ft building houses state-of-the-art laboratories,
offices and test facilities.

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well as Bombardier's long term commitment to Northern Ireland and our
confidence in the skills of our workforce there, strongly influenced
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BELFAST , Ireland----Bombardier and
the Government of the United Kingdom have signed a Letter of Intent
(LOI) relating to the new CSeries family of aircraft.

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The Institute's activities are overseen by industrialists representing
companies such as BT, Infineon and Xilinx and senior researchers from
universities around the world.

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Northern Ireland is the smallest country of the United Kingdom, consisting of six separate counties.

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At present, the Institute accommodates five teams whose interests cover
areas such as broadband wireless communications, electronic data security,
video and image processing , telecommunications software and antenna design
for mobile communications. These include the University of California at
Berkeley, Stanford University, the University of Aachen and the universities
of Oxford, Manchester and Cambridge. Professor McCanny says the centre will seek to
provide a healthy balance and rich mixture of speculative 'blue skies' and
strategic/industrial research.
"ECIT will combine advanced high technology research with mechanisms to
create and nurture related early stage high technology companies which will
then move out to other facilities in the Science Park ," Professor McCanny
adds. Government has clearly demonstrated its support for the
CSeries programme through this LOI and their proposed active
involvement in the programme," said Pierre Beaudoin, President and
Chief Operating Officer, Bombardier Aerospace.

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Set up by Queen's University, Belfast, the Institute for Electronics,
Communications and Information Technology (ECIT) is based at the Northern
Ireland Science Park in Titanic Quarter - once the centre of the world's
shipbuilding industry.

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