The Defence Safety Authority (DSA) is an agency of the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence which regulates safety and investigates accidents in the UK's Armed Forces. The DSA was launched on 1 April 2015 and brings together the Defence Safety and Environment Authority (DSEA),

Military Aviation Authority The Military Aviation Authority (MAA) is an organisation within the British Ministry of Defence and is the single regulatory authority responsible for regulating all aspects of Air Safety across Defence, with full oversight of all Defence aviation ...

(MAA) and Defence Fire Safety Regulator (DFSR), to form a single common managed organization under the leadership of a 3-star Director General (DG) – DG DSA. The Director-General is also the head of the Defence Accident Investigation Branch (DAIB) (Formerly the Military Air Accident Investigation Branch (MilAAIB) and the Land Accident Investigation Team (LAIT)).

Directors-General

The Directors-General have been: The Directors-General have been: *2015–2017: Air Marshal

Richard Garwood Air Marshal Sir Richard Frank Garwood, (born 10 January 1959) is a retired senior Royal Air Force officer. He was appointed Deputy Commander-in-Chief (Operations) at RAF Air Command in April 2010, initially on an acting basis – having served ...

*2017–2019: Lieutenant-General Richard Felton *2019–2022: Air Marshal Sue Gray *2022–present: Air Marshal Stephen Shell

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