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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…
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 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…
Space Spectrum Allocation Letter
In adopting spectrum allocations, regulators need to recognize the essential nature of space-based communications and consider impacts to existing space services…
The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) and our more than 300 member companies would like to thank the FCC for working to update rules on orbital debris mitigation for Commission-authorized satellites. Orbital debris mitigation is an issue of great importance to maintain the long-term safe operation…
National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Letter
The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) represents over 300 companies across the aerospace industry, including FAA-licensed launch and human spaceflight operators, systems manufacturers, and suppliers. Safety is paramount to our members…
National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) Letter
The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) represents over 300 companies and nearly 2 million U.S. workers across the aerospace industry, from satellite communications companies, to launch providers, to space systems …
International Space Station Support Letter
Our combined organizations represent hundreds of U.S. companies employing hundreds of thousands of Americans across the space sector, from large manufacturers and integrators to the small- and medium-sized businesses at the heart…
AIA Earth Observation Report: Knowing Our Home – Understanding Earth from Space
The Aerospace Industries Association takes great pride in our member companies’ work in support of the space-based. Earth observations capabilities that NASA, NOAA, the U.S. Geological Survey, and other government agencies put to use on behalf of our nation…
The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA), representing over 300 aerospace manufacturers and suppliers and more than 2 million U.S. workers, urges Congress to continue the consistent…
NASA Authorization Joint Association Letter
NASA was last authorized by Congress in 2017 and, in addition to the necessity of extending expiring authorities, there have been a series of new developments…
The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA), representing over 300 aerospace manufacturers and suppliers and more than 2 million U.S. workers, urges Congress to affirm its consistent, bipartisan support for the national security space enterprise through the Fiscal Year…
Challenges and Opportunities in National Security Space
For decades, the United States has grappled with how to better acquire the national security space capabilities that have made us the world’s preeminent space power. Despite the Space Race initially building our dominant…
Multi Agency Space Council Support Letter
For over 60 years, U.S. government and private sector investments in space programs have showcased American innovation, ambition, and accomplishment on the worldwide stage. Space is inextricably linked to our economic prosperity…
AIA Space Priorities for the Next Administration and the New Congress
The Aerospace Industries Association (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…
Future of Aerospace Standardization Report
The Aerospace Industries Association’s Future of Aerospace Standardization report, first published in 2004, has been revised and updated by AIA’s Standards Governance Board.
