Military Aviation Authority

Military Aviation Authority

Agency overview
Formed	1 April 2010
Jurisdiction	United Kingdom
Headquarters	MoD Abbey Wood, Bristol
Agency executives	Air Vice Marshal Alan Gillespie, CBE Rear Admiral Malcolm Toy, (Technical Director)
Website	maa.mod.uk

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.^[1]