Research Center

  • Aerospace Statistics
    Our series of industry data, including general industry statistics, employment statistics, production statistics, and a look at aerospace foreign trade.

  • Economic Indicators
    Our quarterly analysis of key economic indicators affecting the aerospace industry. Includes analysis of sales, profits, orders, exports, and employment.

  • Aerospace Industry Report
    Since 1945, AIA’s Research Center has published Aerospace Facts & Figures, a statistical handbook recognized worldwide as the authoritative compendium of U.S. aerospace industry data. In 2011, Facts & Figures will undergo the most sweeping transformation of its history when AIA partners with Embry-Riddle University to publish a new aerospace industry handbook.

  • AIA's Year-End Review and Forecast
    Take a look at our annual statistical review of the state of the aerospace industry.

  • Chart Gallery
    Graphs that illustrate the latest statistics in the aerospace industry in easily viewable formats, as well as explanations of the information presented.

  • Additional Resources
    A compilation of other resources (market forecasts, expert presentations, statistical data books, space reports, federal budgets, contract awards, and government industrial statistics) useful to aerospace researchers.