Aerospace Manufacturing in 2025: Key Issues
The Royal Aeronautical Society and Protolabs conducted a joint survey on industry trends and challenges for the third consecutive year.
STEPHEN BRIDGEWATER FRAeS analyses the data.
The annual Manufacturing in the Aerospace Industry survey, first conducted in 2023, has seen a shift in emphasis from participants in the 2025 survey, focusing on meeting the demands of the defence sector.
- The 2025 survey had 165 responses from RAeS members worldwide.
- 44.4% of respondents were listed as 'Engineers', up from 37.62% in 2024 and 24.98% in 2023.
- 17.28% of respondents were listed as 'Other', down from 19.26% in 2024 but higher than 8.08% in 2023.
Author's summary: Aerospace manufacturing faces new challenges in 2025.