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.

History
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.

On 1 April 2015, the MAA became part of the Defence Safety Authority.

Principal personnel
The MAA is led by:
 * Director – Air Vice Marshal Alan Gillespie, CBE
 * Technical Director – Rear Admiral Malcolm Toy

Director General

 * Air Marshal Tim Anderson (2010–2013)
 * Air Marshal Richard Garwood (2013–2015)

Director

 * Rear Admiral Paul Chivers (2015–2018)
 * Air Vice-Marshal Stephen Shell (2018–2021)