This report highlights how booming defence budgets and aerospace demand are colliding with acute talent shortages in engineering, AI and production.
Drawing on research from the Work Intelligence Lab, the report examines the current state of employment across the global aerospace and defence industry, exploring the challenges facing technical recruitment and retention, and the limits of traditional talent models.
It outlines the strategies leaders must adopt now to secure a sustainable pipeline of technical skills well into the mid‑21st century, with case studies from Babcock and QinetiQ showing how Experis Academy is helping organisations build, upskill and deploy critical talent at pace.
