About A|D|S

The premier Trade Organisation advancing UK Aerospace, Space, Defence and Security Industries globally

Advancing UK AeroSpace, Defence and Security Industries

About A|D|SADS Group Limited (A|D|S) is the trade organisation advancing UK Aerospace, Space, Defence and Security industries, with Farnborough International Limited as a wholly-owned subsidiary. • Representation across all four sectors• Offices in the UK regions and

internationally. • Represents over 900 companies (95%

are SMEs)• Access to all major Primes,

Government, UK MoD, Home Office, etc.

Advancing UK AeroSpace, Defence and Security Industries

International Footprint

The international scope of A|D|S reaches beyond the existence of A|D|S offices in countries outside of the UK. Through memorandums of understanding with National Trade Associations and located representatives, we are able to have close working relationships with many international markets.

Advancing UK AeroSpace, Defence and Security Industries

International Office

MOU with National Trade AssociationRepresentative

Developing Country relationships

International Footprint

Advancing UK AeroSpace, Defence and Security Industries

The UK Space Sector grew 9% between 1999 and 2007, and is likely to grow from £6bn in 2008 to £40bn by 2030.

Space

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Farnborough International Ltd

Farnborough International Ltd (FIL) is a subsidiary company of A│D│S, the trade organisation advancing UK AeroSpace, Defence and Security Industries. FIL has a three-strand business as the organiser of the biennial Farnborough International Airshow (FIA), operator of Farnborough International Venue and Events (FIVE), and as international consultants for civil, defence and business aviation events including Bahrain International Airshow 2010 (BIAS) and India Aviation 2010.

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Work ADS is doing to support movement on ITAR

• On 15th August 2011 the new US Regulations on ITAR controls impacting on dual and third country nationals came into force.

• ADS (and especially its EGAD special interest group) are leading the UK Industry efforts to discuss the UK/US Defense Trade Cooperation Treaty (DTCT), and has organised a number of events where UK Government has been able to brief UK Industry on the latest state of play with the Treaty.

• ADS is also going to be assisting in promulgating the guidance associated with the Treaty, when it is implemented in early-2012, through UK partners and US partners such as AIA and NDIA.

Advancing UK AeroSpace, Defence and Security Industries

Work ADS is doing to support movement on ITAR

• ADS is also going to be assisting in promulgating the guidance associated with the Treaty, when it is implemented in late summer 2012.

• Since January 2011 a UK MoD-led British Government team had been having a series of meetings with leading experts from UK Industry (facilitated by ADS/EGAD) to discuss what the UK was going to be doing to implement these new regulations.

• As a result of these efforts so far, the UK has been one of the very few countries to have put into place interpretations, guidance and comprehensive plans for the implementation of these new regulations. We regard this as having been a model for future consultations on similar topics of equal importance which may arise.

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Work ADS is doing to support movement on ITAR

• Some of the sectors represented by ADS that are most likely to benefit from ITAR reform are defence, autonomous systems, and space.

• ADS has been keen to replicate the progress in defence in terms of discussions and pathfinders in the other sectors ADS represents, particularly space.

• ADS is keen to work closely with its friends and partners in the United States, UKTI, UK Space, and US companies to highlight and promote the UK government and industry relationship with the US space industry, and to put its full weight behind supporting the efforts of US companies and trade associations to remove unnecessary ITAR restrictions, e.g. Virgin Galactic.

• ADS would like to see US and UK space companies doing business together in areas of mutual interest that are unnecessarily restricted by export controls (ITAR) on systems and components that are both common usage and low sensitivity from a national security point of view.

Advancing UK AeroSpace, Defence and Security Industries

Contact A|D|S– www.adsgroup.org.uk– Email: [email protected]– Tel: +44 (0) 20 7091 4500– Fax: +44 (0) 20 7091 4545– Head Office: Salamanca Square 9 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7SP, UK– Farnborough Office: Show Centre– Anthony Burn:

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