ELIRE Group has announced the launch of ELIRE Labs, its dedicated innovation division designed to drive technology development, strategic market expansion, and commercialization.

ELIRE Labs strengthens ELIRE Group’s capabilities in delivering next-generation solutions that accelerate decarbonization across multiple sectors, including aerospace, maritime, mobility, energy, and government.

The announcement builds on the success of the company’s flagship innovations, including:

  • Smart city floating infrastructure - Transforming waterfront infrastructure for ports, river cities and coastal cities with world's first solutions in line with 8 UN SDGs.
  • eSTOL - electric short take off and landing aircraft - Accelerating the electrification of commercial light aircraft, world first from the production line.
  • Co-Creation & Intellectual Property Development: Collaborating with partners to design and develop proprietary innovations.
  • echnology Enhancement & Integration: Redefining and improving existing technologies through advanced engineering and design.
  • Strategic Market Development: Identifying and unlocking new business opportunities, ensuring market readiness, and scaling commercial solutions.

Spanning the UK, UAE, Europe, North America, Australia, and Southeast Asia, ELIRE Labs is powered by a world-class team with extensive experience in innovation and engineering from leading organizations such as Rolls-Royce Labs, Formula 1, Boeing, BAE Systems, NATS, AECOM, GE Power, GE Aviation, and QinetiQ. The team’s expertise spans naval architecture, floating infrastructure, subsea engineering, clean energy, aviation, and sustainable mobility, enabling them to tackle complex industry challenges with customized, risk-minimized, and scalable solutions.

Patrick Lane-Nott, managing director of ELIRE Labs, commented: "At ELIRE Labs, we’re combining decades of hands-on engineering, systems thinking, and real-world delivery across infrastructure, clean energy, aerospace, and mobility to tackle the urgent need for scalable, sustainable technologies. Our team brings deep technical insight across robotics, digital twins, simulation, power systems, and advanced manufacturing—enabling us to approach problems with a level of rigour and creativity that sets us apart. This isn’t theoretical innovation; it’s grounded, fast-tracked, and built for impact. ELIRE Labs exists to help industry partners move faster, think bigger, and deliver solutions that genuinely shape a better future.”