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Artificial Intelligence in Aerospace and Defense Report
AIA today released a new report titled “Artificial Intelligence in Aerospace and Defense,” offering a comprehensive analysis of how automation and artificial intelligence…
Contribution of the Aerospace Industry to the US Economy in 2023
AIA has released a new report, conducted by PwC, detailing the U.S. aerospace industry’s economic impact in 2023…
Contracting Quality Early in the Program Lifecycle
The importance of including Quality Engineering resources early in the program lifecycle cannot be overstated. Currently, there is no standard government contracting methodology…
Best Practices for AI Governance in Aerospace
Crafted by experts from across the AIA’s membership, this framework outlines the elements of an Artificial Intelligence (AI) governance…
Civil Aviation Cyber Security Annual Report
This paper contains a summary of standards and regulatory updates which are important to industry, as well as a summarized position paper drafted by the subcommittee in 2024…
AIA has released the 2024 edition of Facts & Figures, offering a comprehensive look at the strength and impact of the U.S. aerospace and defense industry…
NEW REPORT from AIA/PwC: Transforming the A&D Workforce
AIA and PwC released a new study today revealing how the aerospace and defense (A&D) industry’s workforce is evolving…
A New Era in NATO Transatlantic Industrial Base Cooperation
AIA’s new white paper outlines key recommendations to modernize the NATO Alliance and encourage transatlantic industrial base coordination…
AIA created a Task Force on Autonomy to bring U.S. industry together to promote this new technology and shepherd in an era of more accessible, affordable, and equitable flight…
AIA has released the latest Facts & Figures report, offering a snapshot of the aerospace and defense industry’s economic impact based on 2022 data…
Utilizing S-Series Specifications to Optimize Operational Readiness
This document provides a brief overview of the innovative S-Series Specifications andThis document provides a brief overview of the innovative S-Series Specifications and how they can be applied to critical systems used by the Department…
Volume II: Defense Trade Modernization
On June 8, 2023, top defense trade associations the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA), the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA), and the Professional Services Council (PSC) released their second set of recommendations to modernize the U.S. Foreign Military Sales (FMS) and defense trade system. The report, “Volume II: Defense Trade Modernization,” focuses on the Department of State’s role of evaluating and approving 95 percent of FMS cases…
Continued Airworthiness Assessment Methodology: Lessons Learned
The Continued Airworthiness Assessment Methodology (CAAM) committee has been collecting and publishing datasets of propulsion safety-related events for the turbofan and turboprop commercial fleet for several decades…
The vantage point of space allows us to observe and understand the Earth’s most vital systems. Given the escalating threat of longer and more devastating fire seasons…
AIA is the premier advocate for America’s space industry, supply chain, and workforce. Across AIA’s over 300 member companies are the suppliers, designers, manufacturers, launch providers, and operators of commercial, civil, and national security satellites and space vehicles…
The Role of Cybersecurity Data Science in Aviation Cybersecurity
The aviation ecosystem generates a tremendous amount of data on large informational and operational networks. The scale of this data generation can be in the range of terabytes…
Digital Twin: Reference Model, Realizations & Recommendations
Digital Twins are continuously developed across a wide number of applications and industries. This paper is intended for practitioners interested in the development and implementation of Digital Twins as a means to realize value.
Top defense trade associations, the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA), the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA), and the Professional Services Council (PSC) released their recommendations to modernize elements of the U.S. Foreign Military Sales (FMS) system.
Civil Aviation Cybersecurity Change Impact Assessment and Affected Areas Recommendations Report
EASA has introduced cybersecurity into certification with ED Decision 2020/006/R. With effect from January 2021, the following certification specifications include cybersecurity rules…
A Senior Executive’s Starters Guide to Understanding Digital Transformation
We live in extraordinary times in which digitalization is radically changing the business, operations, and collaborative landscape across virtually every industry, government, and academic institution. To meet the challenges of today…
AIA has released the latest 2022 Facts & Figures report, providing a snapshot of the aerospace and defense industry’s continued resilience and impact…
AIA Civil Aviation Cyber Security Subcommittee – Software Distribution Security White Paper 2022
This paper seeks to provide guidance for compliance to new aviation standards and provides recommendations to standardize best practices as much as possible. This guidance complements the 2021 software recommendation paper as it includes a proposed timeline to implement cybersecurity measures…
AIA Civil Aviation Cyber Security Subcommittee – Annual Report 2022
This paper contains a summary of standards and regulatory updates which are important to our community as well as a summary of the papers in development and published by the committee in 2022.
2022 Aerospace & Defense Workforce Study
Workforce and talent concerns remain top of mind for
aerospace and defense (A&D) companies as they look at
an increasingly competitive marketplace for highly skilled
employees, both today and into the future…
