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June 19, 2015

Paris Round Up: Air Show Orders & What They Mean for the UK

Paris Round Up: Air Show Orders & What They Mean for the UK

The trading at the Paris Airshow has now closed for another 2 years – and despite predictions of a particularly quiet show, manufacturers still managed to tally […]

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June 12, 2015

Looking Ahead to Le Bourget

Looking Ahead to Le Bourget

Next week, the centre of the global Aerospace and Defence industry will land firmly at Le Bourget International Airport, on the outskirts of […]

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May 1, 2015

5 Facts about the Aerospace and Engine Maintenance Market

5 Facts about the Aerospace and Engine Maintenance Market

The recent announcement that Rolls-Royce and Emirates had agreed a $9.2bn (£6.1bn) for the delivery of over two hundred Trent 900 engines, to provide […]

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April 30, 2015

Party Pledges and Manifesto Priorities – Industrial Strategy in 2015

Party Pledges and Manifesto Priorities – Industrial Strategy in 2015

The final countdown to the election has begun and with only one week left to go all the manifestos have been published. […]

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March 18, 2015

Budget Build-Up: What’s in the red box?

Budget Build-Up: What’s in the red box?

Later today George Osborne will stand at the Despatch Box to deliver the final Budget of this Parliament. One question no one […]

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January 30, 2015

Record Orders, Deliveries & Backlog – Who Pays and How?

Record Orders, Deliveries & Backlog – Who Pays and How?

ADS data released today reveals  another record year for the Commercial aerospace industry – with deliveries up 6%, orders up 8% and […]

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December 18, 2014

Trends in Aerospace M&A

Trends in Aerospace M&A

Just under 20 years ago this week, Boeing and McDonnell Douglas announced arguably the biggest merger in the history of civil aerospace […]

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November 25, 2014

What is the UK’s security industry?

What is the UK’s security industry?

The UK’s security industry is diverse – 11,500 companies, providing products and services for everything from the response to the Ebola crisis, […]

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November 4, 2014

Launch of an “Academic Market Place” for security research

Launch of an “Academic Market Place” for security research

ADS, in collaboration with the Research Councils UK Partnership for Conflict, Crime and Security (PaCCS) Research (formerly the Global Uncertainties Programme), is […]

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October 29, 2014

Police Procurement Consultation – ADS response

Police Procurement Consultation – ADS response

On Friday 24 October, ADS submitted a response to the Home Office Police Efficiency Team’s informal consultation on Possible Criteria for Mandating Police […]

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October 7, 2014

Cyber insecurity – what to do about it?

Cyber insecurity – what to do about it?

Hardly a week – if not day – seems to go by without a serious vulnerability emerging in the systems used by […]

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September 30, 2014

A350XWB Certification – A Milestone for the Best of British

A350XWB Certification – A Milestone for the Best of British

Airbus’ newest aircraft, the A350XWB, has today reached a significant developmental milestone by achieving type certification from the European Aviation Safety Agency […]

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September 25, 2014

A320neo First Flight & UK Industry

A320neo First Flight & UK Industry

Airbus has today achieved the first flight of its new A320neo (new engine option) single aisle airliner. The current A320ceo is the […]

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September 5, 2014

Jobs and Investment Boost for Northern Ireland’s Aerospace Industry

Jobs and Investment Boost for Northern Ireland’s Aerospace Industry

Northern Ireland’s growing Aerospace industry received a strong boost yesterday as Canadian firm Magellan Aerospace announced a new £6m investment in the […]

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September 3, 2014

Security Innovation & Demonstration Centre (SIDC) – pilot project

Security Innovation & Demonstration Centre (SIDC) – pilot project

As part of the Security and Resilience Growth Partnership, ADS is leading the work of the UK’s Security and Resilience Industry Suppliers Community (RISC) […]

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