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BUILDING AND MAINTAINING VALUE IN THE NATIONAL SECURITY SPACE INDUSTRIAL BASE

AIA’s recent report, Tipping Point: Maintaining the Health of the National Security Space Industrial Base, highlighted some of the current challenges facing the national security space industry as well as recommendations for the path forward. In addition, AIA’s recent paper, What is Best for the Warfighter and Taxpayer, lays out the broader steps the Defense Department should take to achieve efficiencies. As the focus grows on efforts to better manage America’s fiscal situation, AIA hopes that this paper will help policymakers improve acquisition and efficiency.

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Breaking Barriers for Women in Aviation

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Attracting, retaining, and advancing women in aviation is critical to the U.S. aviation industry’s safety, sustainability, proftability, and ability to innovate.

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As Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine enters its third month the fighting shows no sign of letting up.

Advancing Cyber Resilience in Aviation: An Industry Analysis

whitePaper | January 22, 2020

Civil aviation is an incredibly safe mode of transport. Year-on-year statistics referenced by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Annual Safety Report demonstrate this. Considering the forecast of double-digit growth over the next 20 years and the new infrastructure needed to manage capacity and services – and as indirectly evidenced by high levels of consumer confidence documented in widely available growth analysis – continued efforts today will clearly be paramount tomorrow to maintain the safety promise.

A Roadmap Toward a Sustainable Aviation Ecosystem

whitePaper | August 31, 2022

This report outlines a holistic view of pathways to a sustainable aviation ecosystem, focusing on low-net-carbon aircraft energy carriers (fuels), airport ecosystems (airports and bases), and developments in sustainable aircraft components (aircraft). Taking this holistic ecosystem perspective, we identify critical components that contribute to sustainable energy solutions necessary to achieve deep decarbonization of the aviation industry, as well as the integrated energy system interfaces that must be comprehensively understood, planned for, and realized. Further, we outline necessary R&D needs to achieve sustainability across the aviation ecosystem, including advancing breakthrough innovations to rapidly achieve scalable solutions, with attention to their cross-sectoral dependencies and implications.

Jet Zero Strategy

whitePaper | July 31, 2022

The early evolution of air travel in this country – from the first commercial flight to the first jet airliner, the British Comet – took just 30 years. In that short time, aviation technology developed at an astonishing pace. But it showed what we can achieve

Thrust through trust

whitePaper | December 15, 2022

The COVID-19 outbreak in 2020 was the most significant disruption ever encountered by the aerospace industry. Nations locked down, flights were cancelled and aircraft were parked and stored. The exceptional scope and speed of the pandemic affected each industry segment: airline, MRO, OEM, vendor and lessor.

BUILDING AND MAINTAINING VALUE IN THE NATIONAL SECURITY SPACE INDUSTRIAL BASE