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Utilizing the Tax Code to Incentivize Innovation

A pro-growth tax code is vital for innovation to flourish. Crucial research and development (R&D) activities support American jobs while bolstering our economic competitiveness and national defense. This year, Congress has the opportunity to correct...

Joint Association Letter to Congress on X-band for Commercial Remote Sensing

Letter to Congress from AIA, CSSMA, CSF, and SIA calling to preserve 8025 – 8400 MHz band (X-band) downlink spectrum for important and growing remote sensing satellite operations.

Metropolitan Airspace Strategy: Initial Advanced Air Mobility Operations Report

The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) released the "Metropolitan Airspace Strategy: Initial Advanced Air Mobility Operations" report, which outlines three use cases of experimental aircraft, selected for their ability to highlight potential airspace modifications...

Secure and Resilient Supply Chains Require a Whole-of-Government Approach

Recent global challenges, including the conflict in Ukraine, growing tensions in the Indo-Pacific, and the COVID-19 pandemic, have highlighted serious and longstanding vulnerabilities in the supply chain...

Securing the U.S. Aerospace and Defense Critical Minerals Supply Chain

AIA released a comprehensive list of critical minerals vital to the aerospace and defense industry and provided recommendations to secure the critical mineral supply chain. AIA identified at least 12 critical minerals that are...

AIA Letter to the FAA on Notice of Updated Factors for Optimizing Use of the National Airspace

AIA sent a letter to Federal Aviation Administration Chief of Staff Katie Thomson expressing the space industry’s perspective on the FAA’s recent Notice of Updated Factors for Optimizing Use of the National Airspace...

AIA National Security Space FY24 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) Priorities

AIA, representing over 320 aerospace manufacturers and suppliers and more than 2 million U.S. workers, urges Congress to affirm its consistent, bipartisan support for the national security space enterprise through the Fiscal Year 2024 NDAA...

AIA Letter of Support for the Mercury 13 Congressional Gold Medal Act

IA writes in support of Representative Chrissy Houlahan’s (D-Penn.) introduction of a new legislation honoring the Mercury 13 with a Congressional Gold Medal. AIA urges the House to consider the Mercury 13 Congressional Gold Medal Act, which recognizes a group of trailblazers that paved the way for female astronauts and women in STEM...

Volume II: Defense Trade Modernization

On June 8, 2023, top defense trade associations the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA), the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA), and the Professional Services Council (PSC) released their second set of recommendations to modernize the U.S. Foreign Military Sales (FMS) and defense trade system.  The report, “Volume II: Defense Trade Modernization,” focuses on the Department of State’s role of evaluating and approving 95 percent of FMS cases...

AIA TORPEDO Act Support Letter

The Aerospace Industries Association(AIA) President and CEO Eric Fanning praised Senate introduction of the Truncating Onerous Regulations for Partners and Enhancing Deterrence Operations (TORPEDO) Act of 2023. In a letter to the bill’s sponsors...

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