Lifting off: Implementing the strategic vision for UK aerospace

The UK aerospace strategy, published on 18 March 2013, sets out an ambitious programme to keep the UK at the forefront of world aerospace manufacturing and ensure that it can address the challenges of increasing global competition and changes in technology. It is based on ensuring that the UK has the capabilities to be at the leading edge of the design, development and production of wings, engines, aerostructures and advanced systems.

Government Ministers also confirmed an additional £500 million of funding for other key sectors in the UK's industrial strategy, where it has a comparative global advantage, such as agricultural technology and automotive.

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ESO: Background information: Reach for the skies: A strategic vision for UK aerospace http://www.europeansources.info/record/reach-for-the-skies-a-strategic-vision-for-uk-aerospace/

UK: BIS: News, 18.03.13: UK aerospace industry receives £2 billion investment https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-aerospace-industry-receives-2-billion-investment

UK: BIS: Press Release, 18.03.13: Multi billion pound UK commitment to long-term industrial strategy https://www.gov.uk/government/news/multi-billion-pound-uk-commitment-to-long-term-industrial-strategy

UK: BIS: Press Release, 17.06.13: £90 million boost to aerospace technologies https://www.gov.uk/government/news/90-million-boost-to-aerospace-technologies

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