National Security Space Strategy stresses need for healthy industrial base.
Press Release Summary:
AIA is encouraged that National Security Space Strategy emphasizes need for healthy space industrial base. According to AIA President and CEO Marion C. Blakey, strategy's commitment to maintaining healthy industrial base, including focused science, research, and development efforts and promoting STEM education and professional development is crucial to success in space arena. Securing budgets and funding needed to realize strategy and to deliver vital space capabilities is of utmost importance.
Original Press Release:
National Security Space Strategy Highlights Industrial Base Health
Arlington, Va. - AIA is very encouraged that the newly released National Security Space Strategy emphasizes the need for a healthy space industrial base.
"We've long supported a more cohesive, strategic approach to managing our nation's space enterprise," said AIA President and CEO Marion C. Blakey. "The strategy's commitment to maintaining a healthy industrial base, including focused science, research and development efforts and promoting STEM education and professional development is crucial to success in the space arena."
AIA believes it is absolutely critical to establish an open and ongoing dialogue and partnership with the Defense Department and the Intelligence Community to develop and execute the implementation plans needed to move forward. In addition, securing the budgets and funding needed to realize this strategy and to deliver vital space capabilities to our nation is of utmost importance.
"Defense Secretary Gates and Director of National Intelligence Clapper are to be congratulated for the first ever jointly signed National Security Space strategy," Blakey said. "In today's contested, congested and competitive space environment having a clearly enunciated plan in which government and industry work together is more important than ever."
Founded in 1919 shortly after the birth of flight, the Aerospace Industries Association is the most authoritative and influential trade association representing the nation's leading manufacturers and suppliers of civil, military and business aircraft, helicopters, unmanned aircraft systems, space systems, aircraft engines, homeland and cybersecurity systems, materiel and related components, equipment services and information technology.
Daniel N. Stohr
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Aerospace Industries Association
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