aia disambiguation . aerospace industries association of america type non profit trade association industry aerospace manufacturing defense founded 1919 headquarters arlington virginia united states area served united states key people dave melcher president & ceo david joyce chairman number of employees 55 2011 website aia aerospace.org the aerospace industries association aia is an american trade association representing manufacturers and suppliers of civil military and business aircraft helicopters uavs space systems aircraft engines missiles material and related components equipment services and information technology in the united states . it also co sponsors with the national association of rocketry the team america rocketry challenge tarc an annual competition for high school students . member companies also give awards and scholarships to top placing teams at the tarc national finals each year and it is funded through sponsoring companies . aia also develops the manufacturing standards called national aerospace standards which are available to aerospace manufacturers that conform to united states military standard s for equipment manufacturing and provide standards for other various components . the organizations s current president and ceo is dave melcher . 1 contents 1 advocacy 2 lobbying disclosures 3 membership 4 references 5 external links advocacy edit in late 2011 aia launched the second to none federal budget education campaign to inform the general public and elected officials about the importance of the aerospace and defense industry and provide answers to what the predicted impacts of federal budget cuts commonly known as sequestration will have on the aerospace and defense industry . 2 the campaign received significant media attention in 2012 for its efforts and competed as a finalist in 2012 for prweek awards 2013 s public affairs campaign of the year . 3 lobbying disclosures edit in the third quarter of 2011 the group spent 886 814 on lobbying congress according to its filing with the house clerk s office . in the same quarter of 2010 it spent 213 684 . 4 membership edit in 2012 the organization refused an application from airbus for its parent company eads which is 15 percent owned by the french government to join . then ceo marion blakey commented at the time we are here to represent the interests of the united states industry and we do not believe it s appropriate for foreign governments to use aia to lobby our own . 5 references edit andrew clevenger june 4 2015 . former exelis ceo melcher to lead aia . defense news . mike kelley december 20 2011 . 2011 was a good year says aia president but warns against defense budget cuts . al.com . american aerospace and defense the strength to lift america . prweek . march 7 2013 . aerospace industry ramps up 3q lobbying . bloomberg businessweek . 2011 11 04 . airbus fights exclusion from u.s. aerospace lobby . reuters . 2012 09 05 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to aerospace industries association . aia website this article about a business industry or trade related organization is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title aerospace industries association & oldid 719396362 categories industry trade groups based in the united statesaerospaceorganizations based in arlington county virginiabusiness organization stubshidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameterscommons category with local link same as on wikidataall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages nederlands edit links this page was last modified on 9 may 2016 at 12 32 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view