Filings buzz in the aerospace and defence sector: 332% increase in artificial intelligence mentions in Q2 of 2022

Mentions of artificial intelligence within the filings of companies in the aerospace and defence sector rose 332% between the first and second quarters of 2022. In total, the frequency of sentences related to artificial intelligence between July 2021 and June 2022 was 592% higher than in 2016 when GlobalData, from whom our data for this article is taken, first began to track the key issues referred to in company filings. When companies in the aerospace and defence sector publish annual and quarterly reports, ESG reports and other filings, GlobalData analyses the text and identifies individual sentences that relate to disruptive forces facing companies in the coming years. Artificial intelligence is one of these topics - companies that excel and invest in these areas are thought to be better prepared for the future business landscape and better equipped to survive unforeseen challenges. To assess whether artificial intelligence is featuring more in the summaries and strategies of companies in the aerospace and defence sector, two measures were calculated.