Between 1987 and 1992 Black was the senior defence advisor at
Ferranti Defence Systems in Edinburgh, moving to an appointment as Director of Military Business for
Marconi Electronic Business Systems from 1993 until 1999. He then spent a year as the Defence Advisor to the Sensor Division of
British Aerospace, transferring to the BAe Systems Avionics division in 2000. Since 2000 Black has been the Defence Consultant for
Selex. Black was elected a Fellow of the Institute of Management in 1977 and a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautics Society in 2000. ==References==