Publications

AIA AUKUS ITAR Comments

The U.S. aerospace and defense (A&D) industry serves as a symbol of U.S. global leadership and is critical in delivering the capabilities necessary to achieve national security and foreign policy goals. Representing more than 300 companies in the A&D sector, the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) welcomes the opportunity to submit comments to the...

AIA International Trade Legislative Priorities

AIA urges Congress to affirm its consistent, bipartisan support for international trade during the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 legislative cycle. AIA requests that as Congress drafts and reviews legislative...

AIA’s 2024 Legislative Recommendations

The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) released a new agenda outlining legislative recommendations for innovation, aviation safety, and national security. These recommendations were crafted to take the aerospace and defense industry to new heights...

AIA FY25 THUD Appropriations Requests

With 2.2 million A&D employees nationwide and a $418 billion contribution to GDP in 2022, the industry seeks policy alignment and federal investment to fuel further progress. AIA urges support for FAA programs in the upcoming appropriations legislation to sustain this momentum...

AIA FY25 CJS Appropriations Requests

AIA, representing over 320 aerospace manufacturers and suppliers and more than 2 million U.S. workers, urges Congress to stabilize NASA and NOAA funding after cuts in the FY24 appropriations cycle...

AIA Letter to House Speaker on Defense Supplemental Funnding

The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) President and CEO Eric Fanning sent a letter to Speaker Mike Johnson of the United States House of Representatives urging the House to take up the Senate-passed...

National Security Space Acquisition Organizations

With rapid changes happening across the national security space enterprise within the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community, AIA is highlighting the leading organizations that research...

Security of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Essential in Aviation

With the 2023 release of several Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning applications, there has been a heightened interest across all industrial sectors in using these new tools. AI/ML has the potential to automate many tasks that previously were only achievable manually through humans as well as unlock new capabilities...

AIA National Security Space FY24 NDAA Priorities

AIA urges Congress to affirm its consistent, bipartisan support for the national security space enterprise through the Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act and Intelligence Authorization Act...