Publications

A selection of publications and thought leadership is available to aerospace and defence companies in the UK. They include:

Global Economic Crime Survey – A&D sector summary
This survey indicates that although A&D companies have experienced fewer instances of economic crime than those in other sectors, the cost of case management in the sector was three times as high.  Based on the results of the survey, this summary suggests that organisations may be able to reduce the frequency and cost of economic crime by implementing a range of control and recovery measures.

Flying High - a review of M&A activity and key trends within the global A&D sector
Last year's review of M&A activity concluded that the total value of disclosed transactions in the sector in 2006 was comfortably the highest since 2000. 2007 saw disclosed transactions totalling nearly $31bn, confirming our view that the industry remains strong despite recent downturns in other sectors.

Successes in Aerospace & Defence
TA series of case study papers highlighting our work with Aerospace & Defence clients.

Creating Competitive Advantage: How to transform programme management
This whitepaper shares PricewaterhouseCoopers' (PwC) point of view on the A&D industry's challenges and our framework for Program Management Effectiveness. It draws on the knowledge and experience of our network of A&D industry experts from a variety of backgrounds including government contracting, program management, risk management, supplier management, and Lean and Six Sigma methodologies.

Flight International Top 100
The Aerospace Top 100 features insight and comprehensive analysis of the Top 100 marketplace. The report has been compiled by Neil Hampson, UK Aerospace & Defence leader and includes an article by Alistair Kett, UK A&D Performance Improvement Consulting (PIC) leader entitled, "Customers say 'Enough is Enough'". Flight International is "the world’s leading international aerospace news weekly magazine" with 43,000 readers in nearly 200 countries.

Flying high - Aerospace & defence M&A
Flying high is a review of M&A activity and key trends within the global aerospace and defence sector.

Predicting the unpredictable
Protecting UK aerospace & defence companies against fraud, reputation and misconduct risk.

PwC podcast on the environment and green taxes
In this podcast PwC tax, regulatory and environmental specialists discuss the environmental aspects of the Pre-Budget Report and the impact proposed changes will have on UK businesses.

2006 Flight International Aerospace Top 100
This report, compiled by PwC, features 23 pages of insight into the aerospace & defence industry and includes comprehensive analysis of the aerospace Top 100 marketplace.

Business review for aerospace & defence
This paper looks at the Business Review debate in relation to some strategic aerospace & defence issues.