March 16, 2023

Integrated Review Refresh 2023

Integrated Review Refresh 2023

Written by Will Stone, MBDA secondee In the wake of a turbulent couple of years following the release of the Integrated Review […]

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October 17, 2022

New Chancellor– 17 October Statements

New Chancellor– 17 October Statements

THE NEW CHANCELLOR – JEREMY HUNT Appointed as Chancellor of the Exchequer on Friday 14 October by Prime Minister Liz Truss, Jeremy […]

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Meet Public Affairs Advisor, Lewie Haar

Meet Public Affairs Advisor, Lewie Haar

Blog written by Lewie Haar, ADS Public Affairs Advisor.  My name is Lewie Haar and I am the new Public Affairs Advisor […]

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Liz-Truss-PM
October 7, 2022

Conservative Party Conference 2022 Review

Conservative Party Conference 2022 Review

Written by Sam Sears, ADS Public Affairs Adviser Birmingham, home of the industrial revolution, was a fitting host for this year’s Conservative […]

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Labour
September 29, 2022

Labour Party Conference 2022 Review

Labour Party Conference 2022 Review

Written by Emma Evans, ADS Public Affairs Adviser Liverpool played host to this year’s Labour Party conference and saw the commitments to […]

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September 26, 2022

Improving ethnic diversity in the aerospace industry

Improving ethnic diversity in the aerospace industry

Last week, colleagues from Airbus, Atkins, MBDA and Rolls-Royce met to celebrate and champion ethnic diversity in the aerospace industry. Breaking Boundaries […]

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June 28, 2022

UK Security and Resilience Outlook 2022

UK Security and Resilience Outlook 2022

The UK’s security and resilience sector is responding to a range of malicious and non-malicious threats, providing solutions to challenges we all […]

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May 26, 2022

New DfT Aviation Strategy promises a thriving UK aerospace industry

New DfT Aviation Strategy promises a thriving UK aerospace industry

This week the Department for Transport announced a new strategy for the aviation sector, Flightpath to the Future. The strategy, which builds […]

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May 16, 2022

Overview of the new Cyber Resilience Strategy

Overview of the new Cyber Resilience Strategy

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has released its new Cyber Resilience Strategy (CRS) – it highlights the strategic priorities where defence needs […]

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May 13, 2022

ADS celebrates apprenticeships in Parliament

ADS celebrates apprenticeships in Parliament

After two years away, ADS once again hosted its annual Apprentice Reception in the House of Commons this week. Parliamentarians, apprentices, and […]

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February 8, 2022

Apprenticeships, skills & our sectors

Apprenticeships, skills & our sectors

The UK aerospace, defence, security and space sectors support over 1m jobs across the country, providing high-wage and high skilled careers that […]

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Defence-Space
February 1, 2022

The Defence Space Strategy – an ADS Summary

The Defence Space Strategy – an ADS Summary

Blog written by Reg Pula, ADS Defence Policy Advisor  Industry today welcomes the publication of long-awaited Defence Space Strategy (DSS), which sets […]

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January 27, 2022

A New MOD SME Action Plan – an ADS analysis

A New MOD SME Action Plan – an ADS analysis

Blog written by Reg Pula, Defence Policy Advisor, ADS  Introduction Despite the delay in the publication of the new MOD SME Action Plan, industry welcomes the refreshed Plan, […]

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January 24, 2022

ADS 2022 Priorities and Outlook

ADS 2022 Priorities and Outlook

Due to the postponement of the ADS Annual Dinner to 23 March, on Wednesday 19 January in its place a webinar took place and members were introduced […]

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Brexit

Managing Brexit: One Year On

Managing Brexit: One Year On

It’s been one year since the UK officially left the European Union (EU) and began looking for new countries to trade with. This week, ADS took the time […]

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