Northern Ireland Aerospace companies are engaged at the leading edge of advanced aerospace design and manufacturing.  Every major commercial aircraft programme depends on structures, components and expert services from Northern Ireland.

Its high-performing, innovative Northern Ireland Aerospace supply chain excels in:

Quality and Performance

An inbuilt business excellence reputation and a commitment to deliver quality products on time and at the right cost.  This is evidenced by its success in the UK's premier Aerospace supplier improvement programme, SC21, where Northern Ireland companies currently hold 56% of all the UK-wide SC21 Gold awards.

Agility

The ability to respond to complex varying customer requirements has been tested successfully in recent years.  In a changing world with long global supply chains, this agility and ability to deliver what the customer needs, exactly when they need it, is more important than ever.

Collaboration

It is highly collaborative and enjoys extensive support from Government, including locally through Invest NI, and at UK level through the Aerospace Technology Institute.  The long-term joint industry strategy, Northern Ireland Partnering for Growth, drives and supports the future growth of the industry.

Innovation

A region rich in ingenuity and innovation.  This is well served with a supply of new creative talent from the local universities and colleges.  There are innovation collaboration hubs like the Northern Ireland Advanced Composites Engineering Centre, The Institute of Electronics, Communications and Information Technology and the award winning UK Innovation & Knowledge Centre for cyber security; The Centre for Secure Information Technologies.

Integrated Supply Chain

A connected supply chain from large global primes and family owned SME's working together to provide world-class technology, products and services. The high calibre of capability spans the entire supply chain with R&D, advanced materials, precision components, tooling design and manufacture, design and stress, advanced metal forming and support services through to logistics and distribution.

Northern Ireland offers a low risk, culturally compatible environment and the Aerospace supply chain holds internationally recognised approvals and accreditations including AS9100, ISO9001 and NADCAP.