Military Aviation Authority


The Military Aviation Authority is an organisation within the British Ministry of Defence and is the single regulatory authority responsible for regulating all aspects of Air Safety across Defence, with full oversight of all Defence aviation activity. It is part of the MoD, but operates independently, via a Charter signed by the Secretary of State for Defence.
The MAA was established on 1 April 2010 in response to the recommendations made by Mr Justice Haddon-Cave in his Nimrod Review, which called for a radical overhaul of military airworthiness regulation.
The authority incorporates the former Directorate of Aviation Regulation & Safety, previously the Defence Aviation Safety Centre which had been located at RAF Bentley Priory until the station closed in 2008 and the organisation moved to RAF Northolt. The MAA, which is located at MoD Abbey Wood in Bristol, is led by two 2*s, Director and Director, who collectively form the MAA Executive.
On 1 April 2015, the MAA became part of the Defence Safety Authority. The DSA is led by a 3* Director General who is based in MoD Main Building, Whitehall, London.

Principal personnel

The MAA is led by:

Director General