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Aircraft Orders Remain Low Despite Highest Deliveries of 2020
Aircraft Orders Remain Low Despite Highest Deliveries of 2020
October saw 85 commercial aircraft deliveries, the most in any one month for 2020 so far, but still behind previous years.
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Spending Review 2020
Spending Review 2020
The UK needs a strong economic recovery and our industries welcome the Government’s additional defence and security funding, support for green aircraft technology and flexibility for apprenticeship programmes. Greater funding is being made available to support R&D programmes and supply chain competitiveness next year. We look forward to working with the Department for Business to ensure this best supports the small businesses our sectors depend on and delivers increased investment through the Aerospace Technology Institute.
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ADS Statement on “Test to Release”
ADS Statement on “Test to Release”
Giving travellers the chance to reduce quarantine from two weeks to five days from mid-December is a significant step towards the restart and recovery of UK aviation and aerospace. The Government must build on the test and release scheme to create, with our international partners, a more resilient approach to travel corridors. This will ensure further changes in domestic arrangements do not undermine consumer confidence and industry recovery plans.
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ADS Comment on UK Government's acquisition of OneWeb
ADS Comment on UK Government's acquisition of OneWeb
Today the Government announced that their acquisition of global satellite communications company, OneWeb, is now complete.
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ADS Welcomes New Investment in Defence and Security
ADS Welcomes New Investment in Defence and Security
Today’s announcement of new investment in defence and security is a welcome step forward with the potential to support thousands of jobs in UK industry.
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Prime Minister Outlines Green Jobs Plan
Prime Minister Outlines Green Jobs Plan
The UK has the potential to become a global leader in developing and manufacturing the technology needed to achieve net zero aviation. Realising this ambition will bring huge environmental benefit, generate exports worth billions of pounds a year and sustain thousands of high value jobs in all parts of the country.
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Q3 Economic Data Shows Aerospace Recovery Remains Slow
Q3 Economic Data Shows Aerospace Recovery Remains Slow
Aviation and aerospace remain among the sectors worst affected by the crisis, and a full recovery is set to be further delayed by tougher restrictions on international travel that are now in place. Industry is looking to Government to work quickly to put in place the resilient system of traveller testing that will reduce the need for quarantine and enable safe travel to restart once restrictions can again be relaxed.”
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Registration for Security & Policing 2021 is now open
Registration for Security & Policing 2021 is now open
Visitor and exhibitor registration is now open for Security & Policing 2021, set to take place as an online event between 9-11 March 2021. Hear from the Rt. Honourable James Brokenshire, Minister of State for Security as he previews next year’s ground-breaking event.
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Government Publishes National Security and Investment Bill
Government Publishes National Security and Investment Bill
Our industries support specific legislation to protect strategic national capabilities from hostile takeovers. Companies in our aerospace, defence, security and space sectors are developing innovative new technologies in the UK with the potential to make a long-term contribution to our national prosperity.
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Response to Extension of Job Retention Scheme
Response to Extension of Job Retention Scheme
Extending the Job Retention Scheme is a welcome step that will help employers to sustain vital highly skilled jobs in every part of the UK. The Government must now work quickly to put a resilient testing-based system in place that enables international travel and reduces the need for traveller quarantine.
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ADS Comment on Spirit AeroSystem's Acquisition of Bombardier's Belfast Facility
ADS Comment on Spirit AeroSystem's Acquisition of Bombardier's Belfast Facility
ADS comment on today’s announcement that Bombardier’s Belfast Facility will become part of Spirit AeroSystems when the transaction closes on Friday.
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Worst Q3 On Record as Global Aircraft Orders Grind to a Halt
Worst Q3 On Record as Global Aircraft Orders Grind to a Halt
Zero orders for the month of September contribute to the worst Q3 for global commercial aircraft orders on record.
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ADS comment on Fleet Solid Support Warships Announcement
ADS comment on Fleet Solid Support Warships Announcement
Comment on today’s announcement from Defence Secretary Ben Wallace that the Fleet Solid Support warships will be made by British-led teams.
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Technical Metals Ltd Achieve First Gold Award for Operational Excellence
Technical Metals Ltd Achieve First Gold Award for Operational Excellence
Technical Metals Limited (TML) based in Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland, has been recognised with its first Gold performance award as part of the SC21 OE programme.
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Support Needed for Supply Chains as Recovery Slows
Support Needed for Supply Chains as Recovery Slows
Economic data for August shows a recovery slowdown that will do nothing to reassure the many businesses facing a daily struggle for survival. This will be a long road to recovery and supply chain businesses must be given further strategic support, or important UK industrial capabilities will be put at risk.
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