Aerospace Industries Association Of America Inc

The national security policy division is responsible for the implementation of national security policy related goals stemming from the association's strategic plan through the defense policy council and the acquisition policy council. The defense policy council is composed of senior representatives from the association's corporate membership and is responsible for developing and promoting the association positions on national security policy and defense budgets. The acquisition policy council is comprised of the senior corporate contracts vice presidents from the association's corporate membership and is responsible for developing and promoting the association positions on department of defense acquisition policy and business practices.

The engineering & technology division is responsible for technical program management, operations, and industrial base issues as they affect the development, production and support of aircraft, missiles, space vehicles, and aerospace systems. The engineering & technology leadership council (etlc) is comprised of industry's executive technical leadership addressing noncompetitive issues using a consensus process. It coordinates and develops policy, requirements, standardization, guidelines and standards to enhance adoption of new technology, streamline business processes through interoperability, promote digital engineering, and improve efficiency of the technical aerospace workforce.

The space systems is responsible for supporting the association's space council and its primary committees, the national security space, civil space, and commercial space committees. Space systems works to develop industry positions on domestic and international space uses and uses these to educate congress, federal agencies, and other space stakeholders on the importance of space activities to our national security, economy and international leadership. It also facilitates dialogue between the space industry and government decision makers to address critical issues, such as the health and competitiveness of the space industrial base, the state of space systems acquisitions, and the integral role space based assets bear on the nation's infrastructure and national security.

The international affairs division promotes domestic and international policies and practices that help american companies compete in the global marketplace. The international council promotes exports as a means to enhance national and economic security and to help maintain the vitality of the industrial base and the aerospace workforce. The division's key issues include, modernizing the u.s. Export control and defense trade system, monitoring trade negotiations affecting the aerospace and defense industry, and supporting greater aerospace and defense exports existing and emerging foreign markets.

The legislative affairs division is responsible for developing and executing the legislative strategies agreed to by our member companies. Legislative affairs works with members of congress and staff, administration officials, and other organizations to advocate on behalf of the association's positions on issues vital to the aerospace and defense industry. To ensure that the voice of the aerospace and defense industry is well represented in the public policy making process, the division prepares and presents congressional testimony, legislative proposals, white papers and other policy documents, and organizes high profile events conducted with the house and senate aerospace caucuses as well as other relevant congressional committees. It also coordinates special events, such as congressional delegation visits to international air shows. Legislative affairs works in councils, committees, and working groups to support aia member priorities and agendas developed by the association's policy divisions.

The policy and integration department supports aia leadership by coordinating cross divisional activities to execute on aia's policy and advocacy priorities. This work includes organizing the agenda and content for monthly meetings with the aia executive committee washington representatives, the quarterly aia executive committee meetings, and the twice a year aia board of governors meetings.

The communications division is responsible for developing and executing communications strategies to advance the key objectives of our organization. The association's communications team shares the story of the aerospace and defense industry through outreach efforts to educate the public, members of the media, key agency officials, and policymakers about the importance of our contribution to national security and economic growth. These efforts include media engagement, press releases and media statements, as well as high profile executive speeches and opinion pieces, and social media. The division is also responsible for the association's communications leadership group, which is comprised of senior communications representatives from our member companies who provide strategic advice to the association's staff, the executive committee, and the board of governors and to support the association's communications efforts on issues of industry wide importance. The team also manages the larger communications council, which comprises representatives from the entire membership, as a means of two way communication about the organization's communications activities. This division also manages the world's largest rocket contest for students around the world and plays a leading role in the development and deployment of strategic partnerships to help advance the association's policy objectives.