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June 21, 2017 – ACARE on behalf of its aviation stakeholders throughout Europe today launched the updated Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda to guide the future direction of public and private research towards the achievement of the ‘Flightpath 2050’ Vision.

June 12, 2017 - When Jean-Claude Juncker mentioned the European Defence Fund for the first time in September 2016, he took everybody by surprise, including his own services. Work on defence research was already well on its way, but a Defence Fund?

May 17, 2017 - ASD and the Austrian Security and Defence Industries Group held an Industry Workshop and Matchmaking Event on the EU Preparatory Action on Defence Research (PADR) on May 4, 2017 at the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber in Vienna.

June 29, 2017 – ASD applauds its National Association Member GIFAS (Groupement des Industries Françaises Aéronautiques et Spatiales) for organising, with its subsidiary SIAE, the 52nd edition of the International Paris Air Show in Le Bourget - a key global event for the Aviation industry.

September 12, 2017 - from the UN Third Conference of States Parties of the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty.

December 5, 2017 - Defence is high on the European institutions’ agendas. Recently, the October European Council conclusions highlighted progress achieved in a number of defence-related files.

November 2017 - The main aim of the Environment Commission (ENVCOM) is to establish through consensus amongst ASD Members (national associations and companies) the policy and strategy on environmental issues of importance to Aero, Space and Defence sectors.

January 22, 2018 – European Parliament and Defence Industry discuss the future of the EU defence industrial policy on the occasion of the ITRE Committee Meeting held in Brussels on Monday 22 January 2018.

February 21, 2018 - ASD joins 22 associations representing key European industrial research and innovation stakeholders to call on the EU Institutions to develop the next EU Research & Innovation Framework Programme (FP9) with an appropriate design and budget, at the level of the ambitions of the Renewed EU Industrial Policy Strategy.

March 8, 2018 - International Women’s Day is a worldwide event celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. Gender equality in the workplace is essential for women as well as businesses to achieve their full potential.

May 18, 2018 - "We are very happy to welcome Liebherr into the ASD family” stated ASD Secretary General, Jan Pie. “A credible interlocutor on important EU policies and initiatives linked to its industry is vital for all stakeholders."

June 26, 2018 - ASD welcomes progress made in June by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Council regarding the implementation of CORSIA, the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation.

October 18, 2018 - ASD joins 131 organisations from across the EU to call on future Members of the European Parliament to put industry at the core of the EU's future.

On 24th January, EASA released their 2019 European Aviation Environmental Report; this comprehensive document provides an overview ofthe environmental performance of the aviation sector, updating EASA assessment conducted in 2016. The report acknowledges the effort of the sector to improve its environmental footprint, including through the continued introduction ofadvanced technologies.

September 18, 2019 - The BRT's 2019 Recommendations were formally submitted to PM Shinzo Abe by BRT co-Chairman Masaki Sakuyama and by Michael Mroczek (Member of the EU-side of the BRT).

November 13, 2019 - Members of Europe’s leading aviation associations have today published a joint paper setting out the principles to support the safe integration into European airspace of unmanned aircraft, or ‘drones’. 

April 15, 2020 - Difficult situations – such as the current coronavirus pandemic – often bring out the best in people, as exemplified by the global outpouring of support for heroic healthcare and medical professionals in recent weeks.

April 16, 2020 - The first newly-adapted ventilator design from the government’s Ventilator Challenge has received regulatory approval and is ready to be sent to the NHS frontline to support coronavirus patients.

April 16, 2020 - By developing training materials for people building the newly MHRA-approved Penlon ventilator

April 17, 2020 - To help combat the Covid-19 epidemic, Dassault Aviation has begun the production of protective visors, using 3D printing.