Publications

Space News: Space Force Should Break the Mold in Recruiting and Retaining Talent

With space poised to become the next trillion-dollar economy, demand for expertise will only climb. The U.S. Space Force’s Chief of Space Operations Gen. Jay Raymond is taking...

2020 Facts & Figures

AIA is proud to publish its annual ‘Facts & Figures: U.S. Aerospace & Defense’ report, which has traditionally served as a year-in-review for industry statistics.

AIA Civil Aviation Cyber Security Subcommittee – Annual Report 2020

This report contains a wide array of recommendations to secure safety-critical systems across a range of crewed and remotely-piloted aircraft.

AIA Civil Aviation Cyber Security Subcommittee – Propulsion White Paper 2020

This paper analyzes the current rulemaking environment and the recent rules issued by EASA on their equivalents to Part 25, 33 and 35...

AIA Civil Aviation Cyber Security Subcommittee -Supply Chain White Paper 2020

This report provides recommendations on how the difficult supply chain topic can be divided into simpler, manageable sub-problems with distinct solutions. For each part of the supply chain, this report provides recommendations on suitable organizational and technical controls...

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

Commercial Remote Sensing (CRS) Letter

On behalf of the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) and our more than 300 member companies, we appreciate...

AIA Civil Aviation Cyber Security Subcommittee – Software Distribution Security White Paper 2020

The cyber-security aspects of the aircraft software distribution and dataloading has been analyzed in this report including legacy aircraft and future concepts. This report provides recommendations on securing legacy, current and future aircraft with considerations for implementing increased security in an economically viable manner...

2019 Facts & Figures

Our “2019 Facts & Figures: U.S. Aerospace & Defense” analysis highlights an eight-year trend of sustained growth, culminating in 2018 sales exceeding $929 billion and a trade surplus of nearly $90 billion.

AIA’s Response to the Federal Aviation Administration’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)

On behalf of the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) and our member companies, we appreciate the opportunity to provide comments in response to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)’s Notice of Proposed...