ADS Digital Toolkit

The ADS Digital Toolkit is a member service from ADS Group, the trade association for the UK aerospace, defence, security and space sectors, aimed at helping SME members navigate digital transformation and cyber resilience. It brings together several resources: an ADS Digital Query Platform, a peer-to-peer advice service connecting member experts to give practical, experience-based advice; Digital Training, regular webinars on emerging technologies and their impact on the sectors; a Digital Readiness Assessment, a free self-assessment tool that benchmarks a company's current capability and highlights quick wins, priority areas and links to a knowledge hub; and a Digital Maturity Pathway, a structured route for improving performance from establishing minimum digital compliance through to increasing automation, robustness and efficiency. The toolkit is positioned as a response to growing digital, compliance and cybersecurity pressures as order books and defence spending rise. It is delivered as part of ADS membership rather than as a standalone open-access grant or funding scheme.

Available to ADS Group members (companies in the aerospace, defence, security and space sectors), with particular focus on SME members; access to the toolkit's resources is through ADS membership.