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<br /> THE UK MAGAZINE FOR AVIATION, DEFENCE, SECURITY AND SPACE INDUSTRIES<br /> ADVANCE<br /> MARCH 2012 – MAY 2012<br /> AW spreads<br /> its wings<br /> HELICOPTER GIANT<br /> TARGETS NEW MARKETS<br /> AVIATION<br /> 47: All hail<br /> SESAR<br /> DEFENCE<br /> 37: Fleet on track<br /> to save lives<br /> SECURITY<br /> 67: Show of support<br /> for security industry<br /> SPACE<br /> 62: Taking a bite<br /> out of Mars<br /> www.adsadvance.co.uk<br /> THE OFFICIAL MAGAZINE OF<br /> <br /> WELCOME<br /> W<br /> elcome to the third edition of<br /> ADVANCE. The first of 2012 – a year<br /> which brings hope, anticipation and<br /> some serious challenges.<br /> The country is still in the grip of the financial<br /> crisis with growth predictions much reduced<br /> but civil aviation is experiencing a 4-6%<br /> increase with production rates in Boeing and<br /> Airbus at all time highs a<a title="ADVANCE Issue 1 Vol 2 page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccfae97d?page=1"> THE UK MAGAZINE FOR AVIATION, DEFENCE, SECURITY A</a> <a title="ADVANCE Issue 1 Vol 2 page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccfae97d?page=2"> </a> <a title="ADVANCE Issue 1 Vol 2 page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccfae97d?page=3"> WELCOME W elcome to the third e</a> <a title="ADVANCE Issue 1 Vol 2 page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccfae97d?page=4"> ARINC's flexible Advance Information Management (</a> <a title="ADVANCE Issue 1 Vol 2 page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccfae97d?page=5"> “And it's not just our product that is first-clas</a> <a title="ADVANCE Issue 1 Vol 2 page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccfae97d?page=6"> World class capability TAILORED DEFENCE AND SECU</a> <a title="ADVANCE Issue 1 Vol 2 page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccfae97d?page=7"> CONTENTS BRIEFINGS A selection of the ADS members</a> <a title="ADVANCE Issue 1 Vol 2 page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccfae97d?page=8"> </a> <a title="ADVANCE Issue 1 Vol 2 page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccfae97d?page=9"> CONTENTS 40 BATTLEFIELD BENEFITS </a> <a title="ADVANCE Issue 1 Vol 2 page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccfae97d?page=10"> ADS BRIEFING UK aviation industry calls for bold</a> <a title="ADVANCE Issue 1 Vol 2 page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccfae97d?page=11"> New £125m fund to boost UK supply chains Business</a> <a title="ADVANCE Issue 1 Vol 2 page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccfae97d?page=12"> BRIEFING MOD TO BUY EXTRA C-17 AIRCRAFT </a> <a title="ADVANCE Issue 1 Vol 2 page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccfae97d?page=13"> BRIEFING Maritime summit creates a special in</a> <a title="ADVANCE Issue 1 Vol 2 page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccfae97d?page=14"> BRIEFING </a> <a title="ADVANCE Issue 1 Vol 2 page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccfae97d?page=15"> </a> <a title="ADVANCE Issue 1 Vol 2 page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccfae97d?page=16"> FROM THE TOP The man at the helm of AgustaWestla</a> <a title="ADVANCE Issue 1 Vol 2 page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccfae97d?page=17"> AGUSTAWESTLAND “With the Mk9A we broke t</a> <a title="ADVANCE Issue 1 Vol 2 page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccfae97d?page=18"> FROM THE TOP </a> <a title="ADVANCE Issue 1 Vol 2 page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccfae97d?page=19"> INDUSTRY Helicopters battle to rise above the glo</a> <a title="ADVANCE Issue 1 Vol 2 page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccfae97d?page=20"> HELICOPTERS CONTINUED FROM PAGE 17 hunting Me</a> <a title="ADVANCE Issue 1 Vol 2 page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccfae97d?page=21"> HELICOPTERS AirKnig</a> <a title="ADVANCE Issue 1 Vol 2 page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccfae97d?page=22"> HELICOPTERS A gustaWestland </a> <a title="ADVANCE Issue 1 Vol 2 page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccfae97d?page=23"> HELICOPTERS The compan</a> <a title="ADVANCE Issue 1 Vol 2 page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccfae97d?page=24"> Concertainer from HESCO. Providing dependable pro</a> <a title="ADVANCE Issue 1 Vol 2 page 25" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccfae97d?page=25"> FOCUS US In 2010 defence exports from</a> <a title="ADVANCE Issue 1 Vol 2 page 26" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccfae97d?page=26"> “There is a huge amount of business for our membe</a> <a title="ADVANCE Issue 1 Vol 2 page 27" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccfae97d?page=27"> ARINC's Paul Hickox - great opportunities from US</a> <a title="ADVANCE Issue 1 Vol 2 page 28" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccfae97d?page=28"> WHEN VITAL INTELLIGENCE DEPENDS ON YOU, WE'RE RIG</a> <a title="ADVANCE Issue 1 Vol 2 page 29" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccfae97d?page=29"> How easy is it for UK companies to do business in</a> <a title="ADVANCE Issue 1 Vol 2 page 30" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccfae97d?page=30"> </a> <a title="ADVANCE Issue 1 Vol 2 page 31" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccfae97d?page=31"> REGIONAL FOCUS The UK's midlands region has a </a> <a title="ADVANCE Issue 1 Vol 2 page 32" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccfae97d?page=32"> MIDLANDS FOCUS Occupying a 26-acre site wit</a> <a title="ADVANCE Issue 1 Vol 2 page 33" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccfae97d?page=33"> MARSTON Marston still showing its metal after 270</a> <a title="ADVANCE Issue 1 Vol 2 page 34" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccfae97d?page=34"> MIDLANDS FOCUS Small </a> <a title="ADVANCE Issue 1 Vol 2 page 35" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccfae97d?page=35"> DELCAM </a> <a title="ADVANCE Issue 1 Vol 2 page 36" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccfae97d?page=36"> MIDLANDS FOCUS Finding ways to turn ideas into</a> <a title="ADVANCE Issue 1 Vol 2 page 37" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccfae97d?page=37"> MTC tec</a> <a title="ADVANCE Issue 1 Vol 2 page 38" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccfae97d?page=38"> Always in its element. The Iveco </a> <a title="ADVANCE Issue 1 Vol 2 page 39" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccfae97d?page=39"> DEFENCE Fleet on track to save lives The British </a> <a title="ADVANCE Issue 1 Vol 2 page 40" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccfae97d?page=40"> DEFENCE </a> <a title="ADVANCE Issue 1 Vol 2 page 41" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccfae97d?page=41"> MILITARY BUILDINGS</a> <a title="ADVANCE Issue 1 Vol 2 page 42" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccfae97d?page=42"> DEFENCE </a> <a title="ADVANCE Issue 1 Vol 2 page 43" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccfae97d?page=43"> LC-40-100-NVG-RN-DTC </a> <a title="ADVANCE Issue 1 Vol 2 page 44" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccfae97d?page=44"> DEFENCE CONTINUED FROM PAGE 40 The GeoMux </a> <a title="ADVANCE Issue 1 Vol 2 page 45" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccfae97d?page=45"> CARRIERS The UK aircraft carrier programme is </a> <a title="ADVANCE Issue 1 Vol 2 page 46" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccfae97d?page=46"> DEFENCE </a> <a title="ADVANCE Issue 1 Vol 2 page 47" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccfae97d?page=47"> CARRIERS </a> <a title="ADVANCE Issue 1 Vol 2 page 48" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccfae97d?page=48"> </a> <a title="ADVANCE Issue 1 Vol 2 page 49" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccfae97d?page=49"> AVIATION HAIL SESAR? Europe and the USA have emba</a> <a title="ADVANCE Issue 1 Vol 2 page 50" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccfae97d?page=50"> </a> <a title="ADVANCE Issue 1 Vol 2 page 51" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccfae97d?page=51"> AVIATION </a> <a title="ADVANCE Issue 1 Vol 2 page 52" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccfae97d?page=52"> AVIATION CONTINUED FROM PAGE 49 avoid airborne</a> <a title="ADVANCE Issue 1 Vol 2 page 53" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccfae97d?page=53"> ATM TECHNOLOGY Park on the global path Park Ai</a> <a title="ADVANCE Issue 1 Vol 2 page 54" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccfae97d?page=54"> </a> <a title="ADVANCE Issue 1 Vol 2 page 55" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccfae97d?page=55"> AVIATION </a> <a title="ADVANCE Issue 1 Vol 2 page 56" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccfae97d?page=56"> AVIATION </a> <a title="ADVANCE Issue 1 Vol 2 page 57" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccfae97d?page=57"> TRAINING </a> <a title="ADVANCE Issue 1 Vol 2 page 58" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccfae97d?page=58"> AVIATION CONTINUED FROM PAGE 55 the worst cas</a> <a title="ADVANCE Issue 1 Vol 2 page 59" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccfae97d?page=59"> TRAINING c</a> <a title="ADVANCE Issue 1 Vol 2 page 60" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccfae97d?page=60"> </a> <a title="ADVANCE Issue 1 Vol 2 page 61" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccfae97d?page=61"> SECURITY Mercian's Andy Barber with samples of th</a> <a title="ADVANCE Issue 1 Vol 2 page 62" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccfae97d?page=62"> SECURITY With the Olympic Games looming, th</a> <a title="ADVANCE Issue 1 Vol 2 page 63" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccfae97d?page=63"> AIRPORTS </a> <a title="ADVANCE Issue 1 Vol 2 page 64" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccfae97d?page=64"> SPACE The joint ESA/NASA ExoMars Rover m</a> <a title="ADVANCE Issue 1 Vol 2 page 65" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccfae97d?page=65"> MARS W hile sending </a> <a title="ADVANCE Issue 1 Vol 2 page 66" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccfae97d?page=66"> SPACE </a> <a title="ADVANCE Issue 1 Vol 2 page 67" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccfae97d?page=67"> TELESCOPES An artist's </a> <a title="ADVANCE Issue 1 Vol 2 page 68" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccfae97d?page=68"> SPACE </a> <a title="ADVANCE Issue 1 Vol 2 page 69" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccfae97d?page=69"> EVENTS </a> <a title="ADVANCE Issue 1 Vol 2 page 70" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccfae97d?page=70"> EVENTS </a> <a title="ADVANCE Issue 1 Vol 2 page 71" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccfae97d?page=71"> Protection without Compromise Discrete Armoured </a> <a title="ADVANCE Issue 1 Vol 2 page 72" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccfae97d?page=72"> Is there a need for foundation skills training fo</a> <a title="ADVANCE Issue 1 Vol 2 page 73" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccfae97d?page=73"> EVENTS </a> <a title="ADVANCE Issue 1 Vol 2 page 74" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccfae97d?page=74"> EVENTS CONTINUED </a> <a title="ADVANCE Issue 1 Vol 2 page 75" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccfae97d?page=75"> FOUR SECTORS AEROSPACE DEFENCE SECURITY SPACE </a> <a title="ADVANCE Issue 1 Vol 2 page 76" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccfae97d?page=76"> EVENTS </a> <a title="ADVANCE Issue 1 Vol 2 page 77" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccfae97d?page=77"> SC21 </a> <a title="ADVANCE Issue 1 Vol 2 page 78" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccfae97d?page=78"> SC21 </a> <a title="ADVANCE Issue 1 Vol 2 page 79" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ccfae97d?page=79"> SUPPLY CHAIN lowering overheads and costs. 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