The month of April saw the overall order backlog of commercial aircraft begin to stabilise as customers placed 73 new orders, of which 68 are single aisle aircraft and five for widebodies. The backlog is now 1,000 aircraft below the level of April 2020.
Read moreStatement on the Government's confirmation of a limited lifting of international travel restrictions on May 17.
Read moreCommercial aircraft order and delivery data from Q1 shows the sector facing a long road to recovery from the Covid-19 crisis. Slow orders and deliveries compared to pre-pandemic levels have been driven by comparatively low flight volumes in the UK and around the world.
Read moreThe Prime Minister announced on Tuesday that the Government would set in law a target of reducing carbon emissions by 78 per cent by 2035. The UK aerospace sector is committed to delivering net zero aviation by 2050.
Read moreThe Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI) has today published a statement announcing that due to budget pressure as a result of high demand it is suspending new applications to the ATI Programme.
Read moreThe Global Travel Taskforce today published its report on the resumption of travel that will come on or after 17 May as part of the third step of Government's roadmap for easing lockdown measures. The approach set out today will allow only a limited return to international travel.
Read moreGlobal manufacturers delivered 54 aircraft last month, making it the worst February since before 2010.
Read moreADS Chief Executive responds to the publication of the defence and security industrial strategy.
Read moreADS Chief Executive responds to the publication of the Defence Command Paper.
Read moreToday the Government published its Integrated Review of Defence, Development and Foreign Policy.
Read moreADS Chief Executive responds to the Jet Zero Council's a new £15 million competition.
Read moreDefence Secretary Ben Wallace today announced a rise in the baseline profit rate for single source defence contracts to 8.31 per cent, while the underlying profit rate fell from 8.23 per cent for 2020/21 to 8.19 per cent for 2021/22.
Read moreThe opening day of an entirely digital edition of Security & Policing saw AR Live Systems win the 16th annual ADS Security Innovation Award. AR Live Systems won for its Galahad facial detection and recognition software, an innovative use of machine learning and artificial intelligence to address legal and privacy challenges of use of facial recognition for law enforcement purposes.
Read moreCommenting on the Budget presented by the Chancellor today, ADS Chief Executive Paul Everitt said: "Our industries welcome the extension to furlough and support for apprenticeships, which offer a route for thousands to access high value careers in aerospace, defence, security and space."
Read moreThe UK aerospace sector is among the most impacted industries by the pandemic and faces a long haul to recovery. A report by the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) for ADS modelled potential recovery scenarios for the sector.
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