Publications

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.

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.

AIA, Avascent Report: Autonomous Aircraft Market to Reach $325 Billion by 2040

The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) in collaboration with Avascent have released a new report detailing the breakthrough growth in the autonomous aircraft market, which is expected to result in nearly $325 billion over the next two decades.

AIA Civil Aviation Cyber Security Subcommittee – Software Distribution Security White Paper 2021

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 2020 software recommendation paper establishing the basis for ARINC 645-1 secure dataloaders and provides proposals for transitioning civil aviation to secure software distribution for all aircraft...

AIA Civil Aviation Cyber Security Subcommittee – Annual Report 2021

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 2021.

2021 Facts & Figures

The COVID-19 pandemic took an immense toll on America and the world last year, causing significant and tragic losses to human lives.

AIA Civil Aviation Cyber Security Subcommittee – Testing White Paper 2021

New cybersecurity risks may emerge after type certification that must be continuously reviewed and verified in terms of potential airplane and ground system impacts. This document details recommendations for key stakeholders in the aviation ecosystem, including operators, manufacturers, and regulators...

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

Through early strides in aircraft design and engineering, a focus on safety throughout the process, and recruitment of top talent, the United States has established itself as the global leader in aerospace.

Digital Twin: Definition & Value – An AIAA and AIA Position Paper

Digital Transformation Best Practices

From 3D model designs of the next generation of space shuttles to the transfer and storage of trillions of data pieces around the world, the aerospace and defense industry has used digitalization to increase quality, performance, and profitability.