Deals announced across the first four days of the 2024 Farnborough International Airshow were worth a total of £81.5 billion according to ADS Group, the trade association for the UK's aerospace, defence, security and space sectors. For the UK specifically, the contracts agreed are worth an estimated £13 billion.
26th July 2024
The latest figures from ADS, trade association for the UK’s aerospace, defence, security and space sectors, has found commercial aircraft orders fell 71% in the first half of 2024 compared with the first half of 2023, while deliveries fell by 14% in the same period.
22nd July 2024
Yamazaki Mazak has been recognised as one of the top employers in Worcestershire following its long-standing work with local education institutions and commitment to sustainable job creation.
19th September 2023
ADS Group has announced that 61 organisations will be exhibiting in the UK pavilion during next week’s Paris Airshow, which totals 180 UK colleagues from across the sectors ADS represents.
16th June 2023
In 2022, the UK’s space sector added £7bn in value to the UK economy, while turnover from space organisations reached £17.5bn.
8th June 2023
The 2023 facts and figures from the trade association for the UK’s aerospace, defence security and space sectors, ADS Group, has highlighted the industries’ significant contribution to the UK economy.
25th May 2023
The first quarter of 2023 has seen a stable start to the year for aircraft orders and deliveries, with 276 orders placed and 257 delivered.
4th May 2023
Global aircraft orders for February 2023 saw a relatively positive month with 104 aircraft orders placed, which compared to February 2022 is a 31% decrease.
29th March 2023
In a report released by ADS, the UK trade association for aerospace, defence, security and space organisations, UK industry sets out its key priorities for the rollout of a thriving Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) and electric Vertical Take Off and Landing (eVTOL) market in the UK.
24th March 2023
Global aircraft orders for January saw a modest start to 2023, the majority of orders placed were for single-aisle aircraft with 70 single-aisle and 22 wide-body aircraft ordered, 19% less than 2022, but in line with post pandemic recovery trends and expectations.
27th February 2023
Global aircraft orders in October 2022 have increased compared to previous months, the 299 aircraft ordered is the most for the month since 2019.
28th November 2022
The third quarter of 2022 has seen a continuation of the strong order book of commercial aircraft seen throughout 2022.
2nd November 2022
The Aerospace Growth Partnership’s (AGP) mission is to make the UK a world leader in the development and manufacture of the most sustainable aircraft technologies, where globally competitive businesses, supported by a strong national ecosystem, provide high quality jobs and growth throughout the UK.
20th July 2022
The trade body representing the UK’s aerospace, defence, security and space sectors, ADS, has appointed top-10 UK management consultancy, Vendigital, as its strategic data partner.
7th July 2022
Global aircraft orders for April have seen a continuation of the strong order books seen at the start of the year and a continuation of recovery in market demand and confidence.
1st June 2022
Aaron McGreevy, managing director of Belfast based firm, McGreevy Engineering has spoken of his delight after the company achieved the prestigious SC21 Bronze Award for the fourth consecutive year, earlier this month.
28th March 2022
Senior Airbus executive, Julian Whitehead has been appointed as the new president of ADS, the leading trade organisation for companies in the UK’s aerospace, defence, security and space sectors.
5th January 2022
Denroy Plastics has received their fourth consecutive gold performance award as part of the 21st Century Supply Chains (SC21) Operational Excellence (OE) programme.
27th August 2021
By accessing funding through the SC21 Competitiveness & Growth programme, precision spring manufacturer, G&O Springs provides an example of how one company has used government funding to its advantage during the pandemic.
14th June 2021
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.
31st May 2021
The latest ADS global commercial aircraft data shows Q1 2021 deliveries are up from Q1 2020, but continue to lag behind the levels achieved in the previous decade of strong growth in the international aerospace market.
28th April 2021
ADS chief executive, Paul Everitt will be stepping down at the end of March and will be succeeded by Kevin Craven as interim chief executive.
24th February 2021
Global commercial aircraft deliveries in January 2021 were up 7% on January 2020 with 47 aircraft delivered.
22nd February 2021
Overall aircraft order and delivery figures for 2020 show the extent of disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic to a global aerospace sector that had already faced a comparatively challenging 2019.
26th January 2021
RTA Ireland based in Kilkeel, Northern Ireland, has been recognised with its first Gold performance award as part of the 21st Century Supply Chains (SC21) Operational Excellence (OE) programme.
10th December 2020
While the UK is seen as a world leader in Aerospace and Defence (A&D) innovation, second only to the US, a lack of a leadership culture, challenges sourcing and retaining talent and the impact of COVID-19 could stifle this status unless action is taken now.
2nd December 2020
The ongoing pandemic saw October 2020 log the lowest number of global commercial aircraft orders for the month on record with just 11 placed. All orders made were for single-aisle aircraft.
1st December 2020
The UK government is introducing the National Security and Investment Bill, setting out proposed new powers to intervene in hostile foreign direct investment that threatens UK national security.
11th November 2020
Global commercial aircraft orders for Q3 2020 are the lowest on record after just 13 aircraft orders were placed.
26th October 2020
Technical Metals Limited (TML) based in Newtownards, Northern Ireland, has been recognised with its first gold performance award as part of the 21st Century Supply Chains (SC21) Operational Excellence programme for improving operational effectiveness and achieving supply chain excellence.
20th October 2020
Commercial Aircraft orders in 2020 continue to reflect a challenging six months for the global aviation and aerospace industry, with just nine orders in August, the lowest for the month on record.
28th September 2020
Moyola Precision Engineering, a family business in Northern Ireland playing an integral part in the aerospace and defence supply chain, has been awarded its third consecutive gold performance award as part of the 21st Century Supply Chains (SC21) Operational Excellence (OE) programme for improving operational effectiveness and achieving supply chain excellence.
23rd September 2020
ADS Northern Ireland (ADS NI) has commended the Exact Group, a precision engineering and composite finishing company in Newry, during a recent visit following the company’s latest accolade of the silver recognition in the aerospace supply chain programme, SC21 and to note its recent investment in machining centres and growth plans.
21st September 2020
Commercial aircraft orders and deliveries for July 2020 reflect the ongoing challenges faced by the global aerospace industry as it looks to recover from the impacts of COVID-19.
1st September 2020
