American Institute Of Aeronautics And Astronautics, Inc.

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc. (doing business as AIAA) is a non-profit, tax-exempt aerospace technical organization based in Reston, Virginia, that sells subscription-based access to aerospace research publications, technical journals, conference materials, training courses, and digital library resources to federal agencies as a prime contractor operating entirely in full-and-open competition with no set-aside designations.

AIAA operates as a 100% prime contractor across 362 federal awards spanning four decades, with no subcontractor footprint in recent activity. The vendor's federal footprint centers on recurring annual subscription renewals and blanket purchase agreement call orders across multiple customer agencies, with all awards structured as firm fixed-price purchase orders or BPA calls. Concrete capability examples include a $720.7 million subscription services delivery to Air Force Research Laboratory running through December 2027, a $947.1 million single-award NASA Shared Services Center BPA (2026–2030) under which AIAA issued call orders including a $188.1 thousand January 2027 order for continued online access to aerospace research publications, and a $187 thousand sole-source delivery to Naval Supply Systems Command (awarded August 2024) providing AIAA Meeting Papers from 1963 to 2023 to support Nimitz Library at the Naval Academy. Smaller engagements include conference booth provision ($4.8 thousand for a 10x10 booth at the AIAA SCITECH Conference to Air Force Test Center, January 2025) and individual training courses ($39.5 thousand for spacecraft design and operations training to Air Force, July 2022).

Customer concentration is distributed across research and defense agencies. The top five customers by award count account for 31% of all awards, led by NASA (32 awards spanning multiple sub-offices including Shared Services Center with 26 awards valued at $3.3 million combined potential, Johnson Space Center with 19 awards, and NASA Headquarters with 8 awards), followed by Air Force Materiel Command Test Center (23 awards, $610 thousand), Air Force Research Laboratory (10 awards, $1.7 million by potential value), and Missile Defense Agency (9 awards, $1.4 million). The top five by potential value account for 17% of combined potential value. NASA Shared Services Center dominates the dollar ranking at $3.3 million across 26 awards, while Air Force Research Laboratory ranks second at $1.7 million across 10 awards. The two rankings diverge on volume versus value: Shared Services Center generates frequent smaller call orders under the standing BPA, whereas Air Force Research Laboratory places larger individual subscription renewals.

AIAA's primary vehicle position is a single-award NASA Shared Services Center BPA (80NSSC26A0003, established January 1, 2026, ceiling $947.1 million, running through December 31, 2030) under which the vendor has issued 2 call orders totaling $330 thousand in the portfolio snapshot. The vendor also holds a prior NASA BPA (80NSSC21A0005, January 1, 2021 through December 30, 2025, ceiling $787.7 thousand) that generated 5 task orders totaling $788 thousand. A GSA Federal Supply Schedule position (GS10F0054S) carries 8 task orders valued at $9.4 million combined potential. Additional vehicles include a Basic Ordering Agreement with Air Force (F89CLAIAA, 2 task orders, $401 thousand) and an Indefinite Delivery Contract with Air Force (FA870225DB002, 1 task order). Activity has contracted in recent years — eight awards in 2023, four in 2024, and eight in 2025 — with only five awards (combined potential value $1.2 million) facing completion inside the next twenty-four months and thus recompete exposure.

AIAA's award portfolio concentrates in professional organization services (107 awards), periodical publishing (34 awards), administrative and management consulting (30 awards), and internet publishing (29 awards) by NAICS, with PSC concentration in newspapers and periodicals (58 awards), administrative support (26 awards), education and training (25 awards), and professional support services (24 awards). The vendor's federal footprint reflects its role as the world's largest aerospace technical society providing curated access to proprietary research content and specialized training to federal research centers, design laboratories, and operational commands across NASA, Department of Defense, and smaller civilian agencies. Combined potential value stands at $46.4 million with $28.2 million obligated (61% obligation rate).