Safeguarding Aerospace & Defense Through Risk Intelligence
Successfully navigating the unpredictable risk landscape requires agile, intelligence-led decision making.
Risk Intelligence: Our latest industry report Decision Advantage in the Gray Zone provides expert analysis of the threats facing the aerospace and defense industry and insights in how to mitigate them.
The aerospace and defense (A&D) sector is increasingly exposed to converging physical, digital, and reputational risks that challenge traditional security models. Geopolitical tensions, societal polarization, and an interconnected world all continue to drive a volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) threat landscape.
Into the Industry
Operating in a High-Threat Landscape
Aerospace and defense is a global industry that designs, manufactures, and delivers advanced defense technology and defense systems.
The nature of the industry exposes A&D organizations to a range of internal and external threats. These include activism, criminality, extremism and terrorism, espionage, and geopolitics.
Physical sites and supply chains are primary targets, from warehouses and manufacturing sites to corporate offices and data centers. Corporate offices are becoming increasingly vulnerable, largely because they are easily identifiable and often have more people on-site.
Industry Outlook in 2026
Key threats for Aerospace & Defense
The threat outlook for the A&D industry in 2026 is driven by heightened risks of protest activity and civil unrest, elevated corporate security threats, and persistent crime and terrorism exposure. These threats pose potential impact on operations, personnel safety, and brand reputation. Four critical threat areas are expected to influence the aerospace and defense sector in 2026:
Our services
See Risk clearly
A&D organizations need more than a static view of risk. They need a broader perspective, one that combines global situational awareness with geographically-targeted alerts tailored to their unique operations, supported by expert advisory support and embedded analysts who can interpret threats and assess both immediate and long-term risks.
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Awareness
Regular and ad-hoc reporting that highlights the top global risks and emerging threats, helping organizations stay ahead of developments that may impact operations, people, and assets.
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Alerting
Geographically-targeted notifications about events occurring around your sites, tailored by location, severity, and frequency - so you can focus on what matters most.
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Advisory
Tailored intelligence and guidance shaped around your specific needs. This all-in-one solution includes monitoring, daily summaries, immediate notifications, and access to additional ad hoc reporting.
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Analyst
Intelligence-led guidance backed by expert analysis from Securitas’ Global Intelligence Community, all tailored to meet your needs.
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Ad-hoc Intelligence
Subject matter expertise and consultancy for any dynamic specific intelligence requirements.
Featured report: Decision Advantage in the Gray Zone
Our report, Decision Advantage in the Gray Zone, provides an executive-level overview of the threats shaping the Aerospace & Defense industry and highlights the key risks organizations and leaders should prepare for in the year ahead.
Inside this report:
- The overall A&D threat outlook for 2026
- Four critical threat areas expected to influence the sector
- Sector-specific risk trends and threat dynamics
- Practical advice on how organizations can strengthen resilience and maintain decision advantage
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As the threat landscape facing Aerospace & Defense grows more complex, organizations need a clearer view of what is changing, what matters, and what to do about it. Risk Intelligence helps turn emerging threats into informed confident decisions.
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