A.I.M.

Advanced Idea Mechanics or A.I.M. is a scientific organization owned by Aldrich Killian in the 2013 film Iron Man 3.

Iron Man 3
Aldrich Killian founded A.I.M. in the late 90s, and in a 1999 convention in Switzerland tried to get Tony Stark to finance his projects, but was rejected. In the next day, Killian was contacted by Maya Hansen, a research scientist working on a revolutionary process to rewrite genetic codes who was going out with Stark that night. Hansen joined A.I.M. and brought her research with her, leading a 40-strong team of A.I.M scientists to the development of the Extremis.

Over the next decade A.I.M grew from a fledgling think tank into a notable player in technological development. Killian also associated with the Ten Rings group to conceal the accidental explosions caused by the Extremis project. Among the people enhanced by the Extremis virus were Aldrich Killian himself, and a number of soldiers and others with skills useful to Killian's schemes. Some of them were so indebted to Killian and A.I.M. that they participated in his plot, giving him a security force with which to protect his interests. The promise of regrown limbs was also extended to Vice President Rodriguez, whose daughter was missing a lower leg.

Members

 * Aldrich Killian
 * Maya Hansen
 * Ellen Brandt
 * Eric Savin
 * Jack Taggart
 * Chad Davis

Trivia

 * In the comics, MODOK was the leader of A.I.M.