The aerospace industry has a storied past and an exciting future, and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) has been an integral part of the aerospace industry for over 75 years. Its membership is made up of the top leaders in the companies, organizations, and agencies that comprise the multi-billion dollar civilian and military flight industry. AIAA members are involved in the state-of-the-art fields of modern aviation and space exploration — manned and unmanned flight, rocketry, satellite design, commercial and military aircraft, space flight, navigation systems, propulsion systems, and communications. And they design, test, and build the systems, subsystems, and components required in the highly complex products relied upon every day in commercial and defense aviation and in space flight and exploration. ... the number one way to reach aerospace decision makers.
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The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) has selected Douglas G. Talley, senior research physical scientist, Air Force Research Laboratory, Edwards Air Force Base, Lompoc, Calif., to succeed Dr. Vigor Yang as the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Propulsion and Power.
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The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is pleased to announce that a series of distinguished lectures will be presented at the 48th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exposition, January 4–7, 2010, at the Orlando World Center Marriott, Orlando, Fla.
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The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) has been named by the Conrad Foundation as the official Aerospace Advisor for the newly created Aerospace Exploration category of the Pete Conrad Spirit of Innovation Awards program for high school students. The awards program encourages students to address the grand challenges of the 21st century using science, technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship, in the fields of aerospace exploration, green schools, renewable energy, and space nutrition. To kick off this exciting collaboration, AIAA president Dave Thompson, CEO of Orbital Sciences Corporation, will lead a Conrad Foundation “webinar” on 19 October at 3:00 p.m. PDT (6:00 p.m. EDT).
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AIAA mourns the death of aviation science pioneer and AIAA Honorary Fellow Richard T. “Dick” Whitcomb. Dr. Whitcomb passed away on 13 Oct. at the age of 86. AIAA president Dave Thompson stated: “Richard ‘Dick’ Whitcomb’s tenacious pursuit of ways to make planes fly farther, faster, and with less fuel use, resulted in the aviation industry that we rely on today. Without his development of the transonic area rule, the supercritical wing, or the winglet, aviation as we know it would not exist. His efforts place him forever in the firmament of outstanding aviation pioneers and, as we mourn his loss, we salute his life and efforts on behalf of aeronautical science.”
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