When safety arguments need to be watertight and evidence has to stand up to scrutiny, SPIRE brings 25 years of lived RAF and DE&S experience directly to your programme — as an independent, not an institution.
Five distinct areas of capability, each underpinned by real programme experience — not just theory.
End-to-end safety case development and independent review. Hazard identification, structured argument frameworks, and regulatory compliance aligned to DEF STAN, MAA and UK MOD requirements.
HAZID, HAZOP and Safety Review Board facilitation. Bringing structure and clarity to complex, multi-stakeholder environments — from initial scoping through to consensus and sign-off.
25 years of RAF frontline experience, from aircraft maintenance to strategic safety management. Airworthiness review, continuing airworthiness management, and maintenance error investigation.
Deep knowledge of the frameworks that govern UK defence programmes — MAA MRP, MOD AET, JSP, DEF STAN — and the experience to apply them pragmatically without losing sight of what actually keeps people safe.
Power BI dashboards, Power Apps workflows, and responsibly-governed AI integration — tools that cut safety assessment delivery times by over 60% whilst maintaining full audit rigour and traceability.
Why Choose SPIRE
From F35 Lightning programme safety management to Defence-wide policy reform, SPIRE delivers assurance grounded in real-world operational experience.
Led UK safety assurance for the most advanced fast jet in service, delivering compliant, audit-ready artefacts under TASA framework.
Shaped MOD-level policy through structured MAA OSA process, Defence training gap analysis and QEC Carrier hazard identification contributing to service-wide standards.
As a limited company consultancy, SPIRE provides genuinely independent assurance — no institutional bias, no internal political constraints.
Professionally registered and actively contributing to the engineering community as an IET Professional Registration Assessor and Awards Panel Chair.
"Safety is a system property, not a component property.""— Nancy Leveson, Engineering a Safer World"