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BAE SYSTEMS BROUGH

Brough ceases manufacturing after 104 years BAE Systems has ended manufacturing at its Brough factory in East Yorkshire. Robert Blackburn set up a factory at Brough in 1916, two years after he started the Blackburn Aeroplane & Motor Company. Blackburn produced a long line of mainly military aircraft including the Iris, Perth, Shark, Skua, Roc, Firebrand, Beverley and culminating with the Buccaneer. Aircraft production was absorbed into Hawker Siddeley in 1960/61. Production at Brough ended recently after the final delivery of Hawk aircraft to Qatar. Many of the factory buildings have now been repurposed as the Humberside Enterprise Park.

BAE Systems said 650 people will work on engineering projects, including Tempest next-generation combat aircraft and the Dreadnought class of ballistic submarines.

2021 RAeS COUNCIL ELECTIONS

RAeS Council Elections are now open! The Society’s Elections are being conducted electronically, hosted by mi-voice. All voting members who have an email address registered with the Society should have received an email which contains your unique voting number and instruction on how to cast your votes. If you have not received an email or you do not have a valid email address registered with the Society, please call mi-voice on +44 (0)845 241 4148 or email: support@mi-voice.com.

Please note that any member who has not paid their membership subscription by 31 March 2021 will be taken off the membership register and will therefore be unable to vote. The Society encourages you to update your membership to enable you to participate in the voting process and have your say on who is elected to Council.

The Society’s Council represents the views of the membership and the professions in addressing relevant and timely issues across the aerospace, aviation and space sectors, providing advice to the Trustees and Executive on such matters. The Council shall support the Society in meeting its key strategic aims by providing: thought leadership to the Society’s national and international profile on the full range of compelling and complex issues in the sectors; enhancing the influence, respect and reputation of the Society globally; extending and providing stewardship of the Society’s body of knowledge and learned output; connecting members with Society activities and actively supporting the D&I strategy. For the Council to successfully carry out this objective, it is vital that it is made up of the most suitable individuals – which is why your vote is so important.

As well as its ex officio members, there are 18 elected members on the Council. As a voting member, you really do have the opportunity to influence the way the Society is run through your voting options. Voting will close at 9:00am BST on 6 May 2021.

If you have any queries or have not received the voting email, please call mi-voice on +44 (0)845 241 4148 or email: support@mi-voice.com. To access further information about the candidates standing for the Council elections please visit https://www.aerosociety.com/council-elections

2021 Candidates

  • Mr Daniel Olufisan IEng MRAeS
  • Lt Cdr Richard M Gearing CEng FRAeS
  • Mr Paul David Calver FRAeS
  • Mr David Gordon Chinn CEng FRAeS
  • Mrs Lalitya Dhavala MRAeS
  • Captain Hermione Irwin Munns FRAeS
  • Mr Christopher Patrick Gibbs FRAeS
  • Mrs Janet Sims Mitchell CEng FRAeS
  • Mrs Rachna Sharma Reiter Affiliate

Thank you for taking the time to vote in the 2021 Council Elections

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