"Climate Change & Satellites 2015 – Knowledge for Action "

whitePaper | January 21, 2022

This report responds to direction in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Transition Authorization Act of 2017 to submit to Congress a report evaluating the International Space Station as a platform for research, deep space exploration, and low-Earth orbit spaceflight in partnership with its four international space agency partners, and the commercial space sector.

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.

whitePaper | October 4, 2022

Overall, aircraft maintenance is a high cost activity, in terms of capital equipment, overall spend, and asset downtime. In the aeronautics industry, maintenance activities range from 10% to 20% of an operator’s direct operating costs, depending on the fleet size, age, and usage.

whitePaper | May 20, 2022

Engine MRO service providers are faced with some unique challenges given the inherent complexity in their processes, the low margins they have to work with and a constant pressure to honor TAT commitments. With the covid pandemic hitting the world, financial pressures on airlines mounted, changing the airlines’ priorities, making them more cautious about spending — especially where MRO activities are involved. This further compounded the engine MRO service provider’s troubles.

whitePaper | October 15, 2022

The importance of United States space activities to the modern economy, our way of life, and our global stature cannot be understated.

whitePaper | September 28, 2022

Aviation is often considered a “hard to abate” sector; it is growing rapidly but struggling to deploy low-carbon technologies due to their high costs. This paper presents a case under which progressive taxation, namely a frequent flying levy (FFL), can generate revenues for decarbonization while ensuring equitable distribution of the cost burden.