NewsSector: Technical Operations

Digital Transformation Best Practices

From 3D model designs of the next generation of space shuttles to the transfer and storage of trillions of data pieces around the world, the aerospace and defense industry has used digitalization to increase quality, performance, and profitability.

Prioritizing Safety Through Evolving National Aerospace Standards

For over 75 years, the Aerospace Industries Association has developed National Aerospace Standards that have shaped our industry, enabled innovation, ...

AIA Releases 2020 Facts & Figures Analysis

Facing one of the most challenging years on record, decade-long growth underscores the aerospace and defense industry’s vital role in ...

Recommended Guidance for Certification of AM Component

Additive manufacturing is quickly growing in aerospace for production use because of weight savings, design freedom, flow time reduction, and cost savings

Blockchain in Aerospace & Defense

Blockchain is revolutionizing business at a pace that will not allow industries to wait and see what happens.

OASIS/D2P White Paper

The Department of Defense, the Aviation, Space and Defense industry and American taxpayers suffer from a burdensome and redundant quality management system approval and oversight process.

AIA/UMD Product Support Integrator Workshop

The Aerospace Industries Association’s Product Support Committee has long advocated for expanding the use of performance-based logistics (PBL) within the Department of Defense (DoD) for weapons system sustainment.

Life Cycle Benefits of Collaborative MBSE Use for Early Requirements Development

AIA believes government and industry can realize significant benefits by increasing and improving collaborative government and industry use of Model-based Systems Engineering (MBSE), especially during the early requirements definition phase.

Aerospace Industry Guidelines for Implementing Interoperability Standards for Engineering Data

The variety of engineering tools used to support design, procurement, manufacturing, and support of aerospace products has never been greater.

A&D Industry Responds to Proposed Counterfeit Parts DFARS Rule