Key U. S. R&D Infrastructure to Maintain Aviation and Defense Industry Strength

The United States economy and national security is dependent by our country’s ability to innovate and drive new technologies. In a broad sense the emergence of new technology increases productivity, facilitates commercial trade, strengthens the U.S. defense lead over our adversaries. A fundamental approach to retaining our country technological prominence requires continuous public and private investments for the research capability and infrastructure, specialty and skilled workforce, and coll...

Space’s Critical Role in Understanding our Planet

The value of space-based technology and operations is not limited to just exploring our galaxy or inhabiting other planets. There are numerous instruments and missions that are key to understanding the Earth's most important environmental systems. Satellites, sensors, and the International Space Station all have unique purposes to protect the future of our home planet.

Advanced Air Mobility: Can the U.S. Afford to Lose the Race?

AIA's Roadmap to Recovery

AIA's “Roadmap to Recovery” is a strategic action plan for how aerospace and defense companies can work with government leaders to recover from the COVID-19 crisis and emerge even more resilient on the other end. To better understand the crisis’ impact on the industry’s employees, companies, and its shared supply chain, AIA turned to Avascent, Boston Consulting Group, and McKinsey & Company for expert analysis.  This independent research combined with comprehensive input and insi...

Supersonic Aircraft: Views of the American Aerospace Industry

Since aircraft first took to the skies over 100 years ago, aviation has evolved from what was once a risky pursuit undertaken by hobbyists in experimental structures to the safest form of transportation in the world –carrying over 4 billion passengers per year. Despite this history of innovation and progress, there is one area of aviation that hasn’t changed since the dawn of the jet age: the speed at which we fly. However, recent advances in supersonic technology– including the abilit...

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. This success was underpinned by innovative manufacturing and was felt across the supply chain, which grew to $459 billion in output – a four percent increase over the previous year. And none of this would have been possible without the more than 2.5 million people who make up the tal...

AIA Comments on Special Flight Authorizations for Supersonic Aircraft

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State of the Industry Presentation to ICAO

ICCAIA Chairman and AIA President and CEO Eric FanningFriday, June 7, 2019Remarks as prepared Thank you to all the members of the ICAO Council, the Council President, and the Secretary General for inviting me to speak here today. As many of you know, ICCAIA is made up of six industry associations representing manufacturers from the United States, the European region, Russia, Japan, Brazil, and Canada, and we plan to welcome more members into ICCAIA in the future. Together, through region...

Blockchain in Aerospace & Defense

For an aerospace and defense industry that relies on complex global supply chains and securing sensitive information, distributed ledger, also known as “blockchain,” technology offers solutions. Blockchain is revolutionizing business at a pace that will not allow industries to wait and see what happens. To keep up, A&D organizations must educate themselves and assess blockchain’s impacts to determine its value. Consortiums are forming and attempting to gain agreement on industry use...

What's Next for Aerospace and Defense: A Vision for 2050

Fanning lays out AIA priorities for 2019

When the aerospace and defense industry succeeds, America is safer, more prosperous, and more innovative. Every day, the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) advocates for the government actions and partnership with industry that can ensure America’s leadership in the increasingly competitive global market. At a media event February 15, AIA’s President and CEO Eric Fanning highlighted the key events and priority issues for which AIA will advocate in 2019, AIA’s Centennial Year, and took ...

The Cost of Doing Nothing - House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Hearing

AIA represents the dynamic aerospace and defense (A&D) industry that keeps our nation secure and has been moving, connecting, and inspiring people for over a century. It’s an industry that brings different interests together, fostering the bipartisanship that leads to real action. Like you, we understand that aerospace and defense is at the heart of the American economy, generating $865 billion in sales and a trade surplus of $86 billion in 2017 – the largest of any U.S. exporting sector." -...