Military Aviation Authority

The Military Aviation Authority (MAA) 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 (DASC) 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 (Operations) and Director (Technical), 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 – Air Vice Marshall Steve Shell OBE
 Technical Director – Rear Admiral Malcolm Toy

Previous personnel

Director General
 Air Marshal Tim Anderson (2010–2013)
 Air Marshal Richard Garwood (2013–2015)
 Rear Admiral Paul Chivers (2015–2018)

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