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Each year the PPC establishes priority issues that become the focal points of the Institute’s engagement with congressional decision makers, the administration, and state and local officials. The priority issues provide the supporting pillars of our policy-related activities and products. They are driven by and support the Institute’s three domains, which are Aeronautics, R&D, and Space.


2026 AIAA Priority Issues

Aviation
  • Air Traffic Control and infrastructure modernization through sustained FAA NextGen investment
  • Advanced Air Mobility and autonomous flight integration
  • Materials and manufacturing technologies, including qualification, supply-chain, and workforce constraints
National Security
Research & Development
Space
Meeting Resources
  • 2025 AIAA Public Policy One Pager: The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is the world’s largest aerospace technical society. With nearly 30,000 individual members from 91 countries, and 92 corporate members, AIAA brings together industry, academia, and government to advance engineering and science in aviation, space, and national security. For more information, visit aiaa.org.
  • Space Platform Paper: The importance of U.S. space activities to the modern economy, the American way of life, and our global stature cannot be overstated. U.S. space preeminence – a singular source of national pride and leadership – was established and must be preserved through bold, fast-paced, exciting missions; international partnerships in civil space exploration; an efficient and sustainable commercial industry; essential military capabilities for navigation, surveillance, and communications; and setting and embodying the norms of behavior and operations in space. However, there is still much to be done from a policy and regulatory perspective to address remaining issues that hinder this vision for U.S. space preeminence.