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AIA’s Fanning: Congress Must Pass Full-Year Government Funding Bill
“While many events in the world are uncertain and unforeseeable, funding our government is completely within our Congress’ control.” Arlington, …
Congress Must Fix R&D Tax, Support American Innovation
Between record-high inflation, Russia’s war with Ukraine, increasing competition with China, and continued supply chain impact of the pandemic, maintaining …
AIA Honors Sens. Inhofe, Shelby, Leahy with “Wright Stuff Award”
Arlington, Va. (Dec. 12, 2022) – The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) honored U.S. Senators Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), …
AIA Statement on House Passage of Bipartisan National Defense Authorization Act
Arlington, Va. (Dec. 8, 2022) – Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) President and CEO Eric Fanning today praised House passage of …
2023 Fall Joint AIA/NDIA Industrial Security Committee Meeting
Event Website: https://cvent.me/gvQN5V This biannual conference, presented in partnership with the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA), serves as the forum …
ICYMI: AIA’s Fanning Talks R&D with Fox News’ Bret Baier
Arlington, Va. (Dec. 5, 2022) – – In case you missed it, Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) President and CEO Eric …
Aerospace & Defense Industry Honors Rep. Cooper with “Wright Stuff Award”
Arlington, Va. (Dec. 2, 2022) – The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) presented “The Wright Stuff Award” to Representative Jim Cooper …
Industry Leaders Call on Congress to Fix R&D Tax Change by Year End
R&D tax change undermines national security, ability to outpace China Arlington, Va. (Dec. 1, 2022) – The Aerospace Industries Association …
Civil Aviation Cyber Security Annual Report
The AIA Cybersecurity Committee serves the aerospace industry as a community of aircraft manufacturers and their suppliers to promote discussion, define common interest, and advocate for regulatory and standards updates to help ensure the continued safe and secure operation of the industry we serve…
Photo Release: French President Macron meets with U.S. Aerospace and Defense Industry
Arlington, Va. (Nov. 30, 2022) – The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) President and CEO Eric Fanning today was among the …
Emerging Needs and Considerations for Digital Engineering Software Tools
The aerospace and defense (A&D) industry has vast supply networks and diverse products that require the interoperable exchange of data to support a 21st century digital transformation ecosystem. With the increased adoption of digital engineering…
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.
AIA Honors SAS Co-Founder and CEO Heather Bulk with Voice of Industry Award
Arlington, Va. (Nov. 22, 22) – The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) honored CEO and co-founder of Special Aerospace Services (SAS) …
AIA Announces Executive Committee Appointments For 2023
Arlington, Va. (Nov. 21, 22) – The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) has elected Tom Gentile, President and Chief Executive Officer …
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 Statement on Artemis I Launch
The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) President and CEO Eric Fanning today issued the following statement on the launch of the …
AIA Convenes First-Ever Industry Delegation to U.S.-France Comprehensive Dialogue on Space
Arlington, Va. (Nov. 9, 2022) – The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) today convened a delegation of United States industry representatives in Paris …
U.S. aerospace and defense industry remains enduring asset despite continued pandemic recovery, inflationary pressures Arlington, Va. – The Aerospace Industries …
The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) provided recommendations to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to support the ongoing research…
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.
