Aerospace and defence
Foresight tracks the rules that reach your materials and processes, from chromates to PFAS, and runs the projects that follow.
ProjectsRegulatory horizon scanning
- Ingrid Solberg
- Ravi Menon
- Claire Dubois
| Alert | Where | Relevance |
|---|---|---|
| Covers chromate treatments on your landing gear |  EU | Priority |
| Covers your fluoroelastomer seals and harness insulation | EU | Priority |
| Reaches cutting fluids and sealants in your plants | EU | Relevant |
| Cures the fluoroelastomer in your seals |  GB | Relevant |
| Covers PFAS in seals and harnesses you import |  US | Relevant |
Cr(VI) restriction proposal
Relevance: PriorityBanned unless exposure limits are met
- Stage
- SEAC final opinion, 17 to 19 November
- Covers
- Plating, conversion coating, anodising and primers
- Limits
- 0.5 to 5 µg/m³, by use
Universal PFAS restriction
Relevance: PriorityNo settled derogation for seals
- Stage
- SEAC final opinion, 17 to 19 November
- Aircraft
- Systems type-approved within 13.5 years
- Seals
- Not evaluated; interim time-limited derogation
MCCPs listed as POPs
Relevance: RelevantBanned from 16 December, with exemptions
- Applies
- 16 December 2026
- Except
- Aerospace sealants and tapes, to December 2031
- Spares
- To end of service life or 2041
BPAF proposed as SVHC
Relevance: RelevantSeal suppliers would owe declarations
- Stage
- Proposed SVHC, comments closed 20 August
- Use
- Cross-linking agent in fluoroelastomers
- EU
- On the Candidate List since 4 February
TSCA PFAS reporting window
Relevance: RelevantReporting opens by 31 January 2027
- Opens
- By 31 January 2027
- Runs
- Six months; 12 for small article importers
- Proposed
- Exempting imported articles and low concentrations
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Rules reach every step, from suppliers to spares
One rule at each step of a typical aerospace and defence organisation, and what it means for you.
Suppliers
Seals you buy may contain BPAF, now on the EU REACH Candidate List, so above 0.1% suppliers must tell you.
Your sites
A proposed EU restriction would ban chromium(VI) at your plating and primer lines unless they meet exposure and emission limits.
Your products
The proposed EU PFAS restriction would phase out PFAS insulation on your wiring, perhaps more slowly in harsh conditions.
Your markets
Exporting chromate primers from the EU now needs notice under the PIC Regulation, 35 days before each year’s first shipment.
Spares and repair
The EU POPs Regulation allows spares with Dechlorane Plus until 2043 ends, then only those already in the EU.
Projects for aerospace and defence
Each is scoped to your parts, processes and markets, and Foresight checks every result against its source.
Keep watch
All 3 projects- Regulatory horizon scanningNew rules on the substances in your parts and processes, scored for your markets, most important first.
- Consultation trackingOpen consultations on chromates, PFAS and the other substances in your parts, with the date each one closes.
- Scientific literature monitoringNew studies on the substances in your parts and processes, scored against the endpoints your team tracks.
Understand your exposure
All 7 projects- Global legislation registerThe chemical laws that apply to your parts and processes in each market, what each requires and what comes next.
- Portfolio impact assessmentWhich of your parts, processes and markets a new restriction or authorisation decision reaches, and what has to change.
- Substance risk heatmapHow hard the rules press on each substance in your parts, market by market, on one grid.
- PFAS portfolio reviewWhich of your seal, hose and wire insulation materials count as PFAS under each definition where you sell.
- Substitution screeningCandidate replacements for chromates and other restricted substances, checked against the lists that apply.
Meet an obligation
All 9 projects- PPWR compliance programmeWhat the EU packaging regulation asks of the cases, crates and film your parts ship in, with its milestones and evidence.
- EPR reportingThe data each country’s packaging EPR scheme needs on the cases and crates you ship in, and by when.
- TSCA reportingThe PFAS reports EPA needs for the seals, hoses and harnesses you imported into the US from 2011 to 2022.
- SCIP notificationsWhich of your assemblies hold a Candidate List substance above 0.1%, and the notifications they need.
Keep documents current
All 4 projectsDescribe the work. Foresight runs it and checks it.
Every project runs the same way, whatever the regulation. Here Foresight answers a customer’s substance questionnaire from your own records, and asks your suppliers for the rest.
Illustration of one project. The request reads: Answer this customer’s substance questionnaire from our records, and ask suppliers for what’s missing. Foresight reads the customer’s 86 questions and replies: I’ll answer what I can from your formulations, ask suppliers for the rest, and check each answer against its source. It plans the work: Read the questionnaire, Match each question to your records, Ask suppliers for the rest, Draft each answer with its source. Your records answer 79 of 86 questions. Foresight asks 3 suppliers for the other 7. Foresight checks each answer against its source, such as a supplier’s declaration that no PFAS are intentionally added. The answers go into the customer’s own file, each with its source, ready for Priya Nair, Product Stewardship Manager, to send back. Foresight goes on monitoring the rules behind each answer.
Say what you need in plain words, and share what you already have.
Foresight sets the scope, plans the work and drafts each deliverable with the sources it rests on.
Foresight checks each answer against its source.
The work comes back ready to use, and Foresight keeps it current as the rules change.
Your data, kept secure
Your data is kept in your organisation’s own workspace, separate from every other customer’s. It is encrypted in transit and at rest, including nightly backups, and is not shared with model providers for training. Foresight runs regular penetration tests.
How Foresight protects your data
What aerospace teams ask
Can Foresight help us replace chromates?
Substitution screening finds candidate replacements for chromates and checks each against the lists that apply. Foresight also follows the proposed EU restriction on chromium(VI) at plating and primer lines, and reviews the exposure limits for chromium(VI) at each of your sites.
What happens to the spares we hold?
It depends on the rule. The EU POPs Regulation allows spares containing Dechlorane Plus until the end of 2043, then only those already in the EU. Foresight scores changes like this for the substances in your parts and your markets, most important first.
Does Foresight cover PFAS in seals and wiring?
Yes. A PFAS portfolio review finds which of your seal, hose and wire insulation materials count as PFAS under each definition where you sell. The EU restriction is still a proposal. In the US, Foresight prepares the PFAS reports EPA needs for parts you imported from 2011 to 2022.
What do you need from us?
A description of the work and the parts it covers. Useful inputs include your materials lists, the processes you run, such as anodising, plating or painting, the markets you ship to and the supplier declarations you already hold. You also set how the work is judged, such as your own scoring scale.
Tell us the work you need done
Foresight talks through your parts, processes and markets with you. You’ll see the scope and the price before the project starts.
