00:00Hello, and welcome to Farmory International Airshow, where, as usual, there are hundreds
00:17of stallholders from the realms of defense, aerospace, aeronautical engineering, space
00:23research, and so on, as well as commercial and military aircraft of all descriptions
00:27here today.
00:28So, hopefully, we'll give you a bit of a tour around the exhibition itself, as well as speaking
00:31to a few stallholders, and hopefully get a few minutes from one of the organizers to
00:35tell us exactly what is cooking this year.
00:38Absolutely fantastic.
00:40We are actually sold out for the first time in years, and we're expecting record numbers
00:46through the doors.
00:47So, it's been really, really good.
00:49I know it's only day two, but we've already seen some really big announcements, $51 billion
00:54yesterday and another big announcement today for about $17 billion.
00:57That's phenomenal.
00:59And I was going to say, Farmory Airshow has been going, what, 75 years?
01:02Obviously, none of us have been here that long, but in terms of the changing sort of
01:06nature of the show, how have you found that in the last few years?
01:08Well, it's really reflective of industry.
01:10It depends what is going on in industry and going on in the world, and obviously, there's
01:13an increase in defense represented here due to the ongoing political situation, geopolitical
01:18situations in the world, but we're seeing a massive increase in space and, in particular,
01:23sustainability as well.
01:28Hi there, I'm with Andrew Greenhash, Air of Surrey Satellite Technology, in the space
01:37zone of the Farmory International Airshow.
01:39Andrew, how long has space been a big part of the airshow?
01:44I've been coming for the last 12 years to this show, and it's grown and grown since
01:47that time.
01:48I mean, when I first came 12 years ago, there wasn't even a space zone, but now it's got
01:51bigger and bigger and bigger, and this is the biggest it's ever been.
01:54And have you found, over the time that you've been coming, that the sort of the crowds and
01:57the demographics and maybe some of the exhibitors and storeholders have changed over that time?
02:01Yeah, definitely.
02:02It's become a bit more of a trade show.
02:04It used to be more of an air show, but now, in the time I've been coming, it's more of
02:07a trade show, a lot more focus on international delegations, a lot more focus on potential
02:12suppliers coming to talk to us about whether they can supply us.
02:15But it's always been busy, and the final day on the Friday will be a bit of a free-for-all
02:19where the public will be coming in, so that's always useful as well.
02:22We use that to talk to the youngsters about a career in space industry and what they can
02:26do working with SSTL.
02:27Mark, as an international company, how important is Farnborough International Airshow to you?
02:37It's critical to us.
02:38It's important for us to meet with our global partners.
02:41We have customers and suppliers, you know, across the globe, so it's important for us
02:45to be here, to be able to meet with them face-to-face, develop those relationships and see how we
02:50can grow together.
02:52Yeah, I think the prospects are good.
02:56We're always following our customers, where they go.
02:59Certainly the UK has a robust aerospace industry.
03:03We want to be where our customers are, so the prospects are very good that we will be
03:06doing more and more business in the UK.
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