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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

About the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is a technical society dedicated to the advancement of professions in global aerospace. It has tens of thousands of members from countries all across the world.

The AIAA’s activities include developing, publishing and distributing aerospace Standards that cover a range of topics related to the aerospace industry. These include mission assurance, space power, vehicle safety and operations, unmanned aircraft, spacecraft architecture, and energy and propulsion systems. 

AIAA Standards are developed and approved through volunteer work under the guidance of the AIAA Committees on Standards. 

 

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Intertek Inform makes it easy for businesses to buy AIAA Standards from our website, giving convenient access to globally recognised guidelines set by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Our Standards Store has copies of AIAA Standards that provide technical guidance to the aerospace industry on a range of relevant topics. 


On our website, you can purchase individual AIAA Standards in digital PDF or printed (hardcopy) formats. Or you may wish to manage your Standards with i2i, our secure, configurable, cloud-based platform, made available through our subscription service.

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Guide to Safety of Hydrogen and Hydrogen Systems
Published: 01-Jan-2017
Electromagnetic Compatibility Requirements for Space Equipment and Systems
Published: 18-Feb-2019
Qualification and Quality Requirements for Space Solar Cells
Published: 01-Apr-2019
Recommended Practice: Calibration of Subsonic and Transonic Wind Tunnels
Published: 01-Jan-2018
Standard: Aerodynamic Decelerator and Parachute Drawings
Published: 31-July-2015
Calibration and Use of Internal Strain-Gage Balances with Application to Wind Tunnel Testing (AIAA R-091A-2020)
Published: 05-May-2020
GUIDE: NOMENCLATURE AND AXIS SYSTEMS FOR AERODYNAMIC WIND TUNNEL TESTING
Published: 12-Jan-2013
Published: 01-Jan-2018
Guide to Lithium Battery Safety for Space Applications
Published: 09-Sept-2022
ELECTRICAL POWER SYSTEMS FOR UNMANNED SPACECRAFT
Published: 12-Jan-2013
COMMERCIAL LAUNCH SAFETY
Published: 12-Jan-2013
SPACE PLUG-AND-PLAY ARCHITECTURE STANDARD: SYSTEM TIMING
Published: 23-Aug-2013
Standard: Criteria for Explosive Systems and Devices on Space and Launch Vehicles
Published: 08-Feb-2024
Standard: Performance-Based Failure Reporting, Analysis & Corrective Action System (FRACAS) Requirements
Published: 14-Mar-2019
Standard: Performance-Based Sneak Circuit Analysis (SCA) Requirements (AIAA S-102.2.5-2019)
Published: 04-June-2019
MASS PROPERTIES CONTROL FOR SPACE SYSTEMS
Published: 01-Sept-2019
Dual Flow Reference Nozzles for Verification of Sub-Scale Thrust and Airflow Test Rigs: Dual Separate Flow Reference (DSFR) and Dual Mixed Flow Reference (DMFR)
Published: 25-Feb-2020
Guide: Space Systems — Composite Overwrapped Pressure Vessels with a Plastic Liner
Published: 06-Dec-2022
Guide to Lithium Battery Safety for Space Applications
Published: 09-Sept-2022
Code Verification in Computational Fluid Dynamics
Published: 05-Jan-2022
Human Spaceflight: Spacecraft Architecture and Systems Engineering Ontology (ANSI/AIAA S-153-2021)
Published: 24-May-2021
Recommended Practice: When Flight Modelling Is Used to Reduce Flight Testing Supporting Aircraft Certification
Published: 21-Apr-2021
Moving Mechanical Assemblies for Space and Launch Vehicles
Published: 14-Jan-2021
Calibration and Use of Internal Strain-Gage Balances with Application to Wind Tunnel Testing (AIAA R-091A-2020)
Published: 05-May-2020

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Created in 1963, the AIAA is a non-government not-for-profit organisation dedicated to global leadership, innovation and technical excellence in the field of aerospace. It has over 30,000 individual and corporate members from countries all over the world. As the largest technical society in the world, the AIAA’s aim is to celebrate and advance the fields of aerospace science, engineering, technology and operations, in turn benefiting global society.

The AIAA provides a wealth of activities related to aerospace. These include conferences and other events as well as Honours and Awards programs. It also covers the publishing of books, journals and aerospace Standards on a wide range of topics. In addition, through its AIAA Foundation arm, the AIAA promotes education and supports students in STEM educational programs through scholarships, grants, activities, competitions and awards.

The AIAA is a not-for-profit society that was formed through a merger of the American Rocket Society and the Institute of the Aerospace Sciences in 1963. It is governed by a Board of Trustees and headquartered in Reston, Virginia, but also has dozens of local sections throughout the United States and overseas.

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