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Digital Catapult, the deep tech innovation organisation established by Innovate UK, has announced the opening of a new digital twin centre in Belfast.
Funded by the Belfast Region City Deal and Innovate UK, the purpose of the project is to help accelerate the adoption of digital twin technology in the UK’s “critical sectors”. It is estimated that this could be worth £62m in GVA (Gross Value Added) for the UK economy over the next decade. 
Digital twins are dynamic virtual representations (in other words a 'twin') of a physical asset, process, or system. They bring together the physical and digital worlds and help to optimise performance, bring down costs, and make predictions for outcomes.
The centre, delivered by Digital Catapult, has also been helped by co-investing industry partners: Artemis Technologies, Spirit AeroSystems, and Thales UK. As well as the financial contribution, they will be able to create demonstrations for use cases.
The move is great news for Belfast (e.g., job creation, economic boost) but also the UK economy more broadly, helping to foster opportunities in high growth sectors, such as advance manufacturing.
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Posted by: Kate Hanaghan at 09:50
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