The premier Trade Organisation advancing UK Aerospace, Space, Defence
and Security Industries globally
About A|D|S
ADS 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.
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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.
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International Footprint
International Office
MOU with National Trade
Association
Representative
Developing Country relationships
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Space
The UK Space Sector
grew 9% between 1999
and 2007, and is likely to
grow from £6bn in 2008 to
£40bn by 2030.
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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 early2012, through UK partners and US partners such as AIA and
NDIA.
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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.
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Contact A|D|S
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www.adsgroup.org.uk
Email: enquiries@adsgroup.org.uk
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:
anthony.burn@adsgroup.org.uk
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