Advancing UK Aerospace, Defence, Security & Space Solutions Worldwide
  • Home
  • /
  • Aerospace
  • /
  • RAeS crowned Best Professional Engineering Institution of the Year

Aerospace

RAeS crowned Best Professional Engineering Institution of the Year

The Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS) is celebrating being named Best Professional Engineering Institution of the Year at the Engineering Talent Awards in September 2020.

Image courtesy RAeS

The award recognises Professional Engineering Institutions who go above and beyond to support their members, and who are particularly increasing awareness of diversity, inclusion and positive mental wellbeing.

The Royal Aeronautical Society has a multi-strand Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, led by its Diversity and Inclusion Working Group, which aims to improve the Society’s own approach, alongside providing wider leadership on the subject. The RAeS reached a number of milestones in 2019, such as:

Advertisement
Gulfstream RT
  • The launch of Alta, a mentoring platform for women.
  • The continued success of The Amy Johnson Lecture, which draws in senior women from across the aviation and aerospace sector.
  • The Society’s Women in Aviation and Aerospace Group celebrated its 10th anniversary, and is a founding member of the Women in Aviation and Aerospace Charter which now has over 200 signatories.
  • Work began with Aerobility on Falcon 2, a new initiative which will challenge secondary school pupils to develop a flight simulator for disabled flyers, increasing STEM uptake in schools, and encouraging inclusive engineering solutions.
  • Cool Aeronautics, the Society’s school outreach programme, engaged with almost 2,000 children in 2019
  • Collaboration on D&I continued with the RAeS Branches and Committees, through presentations and a 1-day D&I forum.
  • The commissioning of a Pride flag to show increasing support for the LGBTQ+ community in aviation and aerospace.
  • The RAeS published how to hold an inclusive meeting and how to run inclusive events good practice guides for National Inclusion Week.
  • A two-day conference on “Aerospace Mental Health and Wellbeing” which brought together psychologists, medical practitioners, and human factors experts

The Engineering Talent Awards recognise high-achieving engineers from diverse backgrounds, but also challenges organisations on what good practice looks like through real-life case studies which are having an impact.

Lt Cdr Richard Gearing, Chair of the RAeS Diversity and Inclusion Working Group, said: “The Royal Aeronautical Society is honoured to win this award. It is recognition of the hard work our volunteers an staff have put in to not only support our members but also the wider aviation and aerospace community.

"Diversity and Inclusion sits at the heart of the Society’s values and vision and whilst we pride ourselves on the progress that has been made to date, we recognise that more still needs to be done within the aviation, aerospace and space sector, and we will continue to identify opportunities to break down barriers”

Advertisement
Gulfstream RT


To see the full list of winners click
here .

 

 

Advertisement
Cranfield University
Lars Wagner to become CEO of Airbus Commercial Aircraft

Aerospace

Lars Wagner to become CEO of Airbus Commercial Aircraft

10 July 2025

Lars Wagner, currently Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of MTU Aero Engines AG, based in Munich, will join the Airbus Executive Committee and succeed Christian Scherer as CEO of the Commercial Aircraft business, effective 1st January 2026.

Avelia to transform into multiple SAF supplier solution

Aerospace

Avelia to transform into multiple SAF supplier solution

10 July 2025

One of the largest suppliers of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), Shell Aviation, along with Accenture and American Express Global Business Travel (Amex GBT), has announced today that Avelia is in the process of evolving into an industry solution with independent data hosting and a multisupplier model helping users access the greenhouse gas (GHG) ...

AI firms collaborate with Heathrow to enhance operations

Aerospace

AI firms collaborate with Heathrow to enhance operations

9 July 2025

Heathrow is harnessing advanced technology to make aircraft ground operations faster, smarter and more seamless across 116 gates at Terminals Two, Three and Five, as part of a strategic collaboration with IAG and Assaia.

Viasat test boosts business jet in-flight connectivity

Aerospace

Viasat test boosts business jet in-flight connectivity

8 July 2025

Viasat today announced a milestone for its JetXP business aviation in-flight broadband service, following recent test flights that successfully connected the Global Aero Terminal (GAT) 5510 to a ViaSat-3 satellite for the first time.

Advertisement
Teledyne
ST Engineering Antycip’s Merlin MP521 advances student innovation

Aerospace

ST Engineering Antycip’s Merlin MP521 advances student innovation

8 July 2025

Khalifa University of Science and Technology today announced major student and faculty achievements resulting from the use of ST Engineering Antycip’s Merlin MP521 Flight Simulator, which provides hands-on experience in aircraft design and performance evaluation, directly contributing to a growing body of student-led research and academic ...

Birmingham Airport sees busiest ever June

Aerospace

Birmingham Airport sees busiest ever June

8 July 2025

Birmingham Airport (BHX) has had its busiest June ever, with a record 1,360,957 passengers travelling through the airport last month.

Advertisement
Gulfstream RT