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Join the Aerospace Industries Association

AIA dailyLead | Nov 21, 2008

AIA provides leading manufacturers of the U.S. aerospace industry with the resources they need to succeed, including a network of contacts comprised of the top decision makers in the industry to assist your company with its unique challenges. AIA's Membership Services Department will help you get the most out of your AIA membership by identifying your company's priorities and matching them with the particular councils and committees from which your company will benefit. For more information about AIA membership, visit http://www.aia-aerospace.org/member_serv/member_serv.cfm.


TARC graduate finds his future

AIA dailyLead | Nov 20, 2008

An advanced placement physics class wasn't where Dave Adelman expected to find his destiny. A senior at Oakton High School in Vienna, Va., Adelman faced a fateful choice: robotics or rocketry. Read more.


50 years of America in Space time line

AIA dailyLead | Nov 19, 2008

Visit AIA's Web site at www.aia-aerospace.org to see the 50 Years of America in Space flight time line. Featuring 50 milestones in U.S. space history, the time line includes accomplishments of NASA, the Defense Department and national security agencies, commercial ventures, treaties and an array of space facts. Pictures include the Gemini 7 and Gemini 6A spacecraft, which demonstrated people could withstand weightlessness for the duration of a trip to the moon as well as the first ever space rendezvous. The site also includes AIA white papers and links to other space-related Web sites.


SMC hosts TRIAD session for small business sectors

AIA dailyLead | Nov 18, 2008

Acquisition processes affecting small business were among the hot topics at the AIA-sponsored fall 2008 meeting of the Tri-Association Advisory Panel for Small Business (TRIAD) in Washington. AIA, the National Defense Industrial Association and the Electronic Industries Alliance formed TRIAD more than 20 years ago to advocate for small businesses, women-owned small businesses and veteran-owned businesses. Read more.


Viewpoint: AIA redoubles global efforts

AIA dailyLead | Nov 17, 2008

AIA has always been engaged internationally, serving as an outspoken advocate in Washington, D.C., to open markets to our members and help facilitate global cooperation and a level playing field. And, we're going to do even more. AIA has shifted its strategic thinking to include more direct international outreach, AIA President and CEO Marion Blakey writes in the latest AIA Viewpoint.  Read more.


Report of the 2008 member needs assessment

AIA dailyLead | Nov 13, 2008

AIA conducted a survey over the summer to better assess the association's benefits and services. Eighty-two percent of all respondents are very satisfied or satisfied with AIA's performance. While greater alignment between goals and expectations will improve overall member satisfaction, the ability to effect change in the industry was the most important activity for council and committee representatives. Based on findings from the survey, AIA staff will be working with their councils and committees to develop specific recommendations for improving the association's efforts. The results of the survey are available on AIA's members-only Web page at www.aia-aerospace.org


AIA trains industry on Europe's REACH

AIA dailyLead | Nov 11, 2008

AIA's Environment, Safety and Health Committee recently conducted three training workshops on REACH, the European Union's Registration, Evaluation and Authorization initiative intended to regulate chemical use and products in EU markets. The training modules are posted on AIA's Web site at www.aia-aerospace.org under Issues/Environment, Safety and Health. Read more. 


Responding to the work force challenge

AIA dailyLead | Nov 07, 2008

Alarmed over the critical need to develop the next generation of workers for America's aerospace industry, AIA's member companies have committed to an agenda to strengthen the work force of the future in a new report titled "Launch into Aerospace." The report identifies the goals and actions industry will take to address the work force challenge. AIA is developing a second work force report that will take a closer look at the issue and detail industry's actions and recommendations. Read the report. 


Heijl named first ICCAIA rep to ICAO

AIA dailyLead | Nov 05, 2008

International aviation specialist Marinus Heijl has joined the International Coordinating Council of Aerospace Industries Associations as that organization's first full-time representative to the International Civil Aviation Organization in Montreal. AIA President and CEO Marion Blakey, current council chair, said Heijl, who retired from ICAO last December after a 27-year career on staff there, will provide a much-needed voice for aircraft manufacturers. ICCAIA represents aerospace manufacturing associations in Canada, Europe, Brazil, Japan and the United States and has observer status at ICAO. Read more.


Now online

AIA dailyLead | Oct 30, 2008

The most recent AIA Executive Report is now online. Read the latest update on AIA issues and activities here. 


Modernization delays will affect new administration's budget planning

AIA dailyLead | Oct 28, 2008

The next president will face tough defense policy choices because military modernization has been chronically delayed, according to a recently released AIA Report. The report cautions that between 2010 and 2019, the United States must change course or risk falling behind other global powers. "Defense Modernization: Today's Choices for Tomorrow's Readiness" provides specific recommendations and details the cost of failure for nine weapon-system sectors in addition to logistics and science and technology activities. The report details the policy choices outlined in an earlier paper, "U.S. Defense Modernization: Readiness Now and for the Future." Both papers are being provided to the presidential candidates and their staff. Read more.




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