Prince of Wales visits NCC to view UK innovation

AIRTO · January 27, 2026 · ✓ verified

His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales visited the National Composites Center (NCC).

  • Visit focus: The visit highlighted academic research, advanced digital infrastructure and hands-on engineering at NCC; His Royal Highness was shown Isambard-AI, a supercomputer hosted at NCC in partnership with the University of Bristol, which is supporting climate modelling, drug development, and health resilience research.
  • Context/background: NCC is an AIRTO member and the visit was part of the University of Bristol’s regional showcase of research and innovation; the article documents the engagement and technology demonstration (no financial figures, timelines, or implementation schedules were announced).