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A Recommendation to the Department of Defense to Adopt the S1000D – the International Specification for Technical Documentation There is industry consensus that S1000D ought to be the preferred specification for all technical documentation procured by the Department of Defense. S1000D addresses and corrects many problems related to technical data management and concurrency. Included in those problems is the inability to keep training content current with authoritative technical sources. S1000D enables all technical documentation in support of a common system, including training, to be accurate and current throughout a system’s life cycle process. This white paper outlay the benefits of S1000D. Publication Date: October 4, 2008
Launch into Aerospace 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 workforce of the future in this report. "Launch into Aerospace" identifies the goals and actions the industry will take to address the workforce challenge. Publication Date: September 15, 2008
U.S. Defense Modernization: Today's Choices for Tomorrow's Readiness With a new administration and Congress taking office soon, AIA is working to ensure that policymakers understand the major questions they will face next year. This report provides specific recommendations and cost of failure consequences for nine weapon system sectors in addition to logistics and science and technology activities. It details the policy choices outlined in the earlier AIA paper, "U.S. Defense Modernization: Readiness Now and for the Future". Publication Date: August 27, 2008
U.S. Defense Modernization: Readiness Now and for the Future U.S. military readiness is at risk due to rising defense operations and maintenance costs and ballooning personnel expenditures. This report examines dynamics within the defense budget that threaten future readiness, and outlines the consequences of using Defense Department investment accounts as a discretionary bill payer. Publication Date: April 15, 2008
Engineering Data Interoperability - A Standards Based Approach Across the aerospace industry, the need for efficient data exchange has never been greater. Aerospace companies have increasingly focused on the role of systems integrator, relying on partners and suppliers to provide significant portions of their aircraft designs. Meeting the requirement for integration and collaboration, however, has been costly and time-consuming given the disparate set of applications and methods typically employed.presents. This White Paper summarizes the AIA Engineering Data Interoperability Group's activities, their related findings, and their recommendations. Publication date: March 7, 2008
How the Aerospace Industry is Facing the Lead-free Challenge The Lead-free in Aerospace Project-Working Group has released a white paper on European Union directives that, in 2006, banned certain chemicals and compounds crucial to electronic equipment and aerospace production. The group; which includes AIA, the Avionics Maintenence Conference and the Government Electronics and Information Technology Association; summarizes guidelines and standards to meet the challenges of the EU rules. Publication date: February 2008
Overcoming Barriers to Public Service The current process of filling senior politically appointed leadership positions in government is not serving our best interests and is repelling the nation's best candidates from public service. Members of the AIA Legal Committee have put together this report – Overcoming Barriers to Public Service – which identifies specific problems keeping highly qualified people from working in important government posts and proposes specific fixes. Publication date: October 2007
Materiel Readiness Modeling and Simulation Capability An AIA Product Support Committee working group published this report for the Defense Department examining the feasibility of establishing department-wide predictive modeling and analysis capability for weapon system life cycle outcome assessments. These modeling and simulation tools would predict resource-to-outcome sensitivities for such materiel readiness drivers as materiel reliability, materiel down time and total lifecycle costs. The working group determined that such a capability is not only viable but already being applied to some program development and sustainment phases. With this report, the working group details its recommended two-phase implementation plan to address this issue. Publication date: August 2007
Life Cycle Sustainment: Accomplishing Performance Driven Outcomes through Condition Based Maintenance and Continuous Process Improvement DoD logistics operations underpin the sustainment of military material readiness. These operations involve the efforts of over 1 million military service members and DoD civilians and are estimated to cost more than $114 billion in FY 2006. DoD material readiness sustainment value streams range from the procurement of consumable parts for minor repairs to the overhaul of entire weapon systems. These value streams involve many diverse organizations, from large industrial activities to forward-deployed units. Properly incentivized through performance based contracting vehicles, Industry can provide life cycle sustainment improvements that yield year-on-year DoD operational cost reductions while providing industry with time based ROI opportunities, through application of proven CPI capabilities at acceptable levels of risk. This paper explores this possibility. Publication Date: May 2007
Defense Rotary Wing Fleet Modernization Both short- and long-term technology enhancements are needed to improve the safety and survivability of US military rotary wing aircraft. This report examines those enhancements, and outlines AIA position on the establishment of an overarching advisory board to address defense rotary wing aircraft issues. Publication date: May 2007
Integrated Space Operations Summit (ISOS) Panel Report The report makes recommendations on the industrial base supporting the space shuttle and the International Space Station, the report of the President's Commission on Moon, Mars, and Beyond, human capital issues, and technology innovation. Publication date: March 2005
The Future of Aerospace Standardization Report The report provides recommendations to strengthen the U.S. aerospace standards infrastructure to support and enable the creation, maintenance, and distribution of global aerospace standards, which are value added enablers for the industry. Publication date: January 2005
Commission on the Future of the U.S. Aerospace Industry The Commission on the Future of the U.S. Aerospace Industry was established by Congress to examine the political and economic environment the aerospace industry will face in the coming decades and provide recommendations and advice on government policies necessary to maintain a prosperous industry. Publication date: November 18, 2002
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