High-Speed Flight
Today’s technological environment is enabling high-speed aerial transportation to be intermixed with traditional commercial aviation. This integration will require close attention to operational performance and efficiency, safety, and airspace management. To keep pace with this development, global and national policies need to be in place to promote a sustainable, safe and economical growth of this capability.

Featured Resources
AIAA is publishing technical papers from members as well as thought leadership columns on carbon High-Speed Flight. Read these selected recent publications and search for others in Aerospace Research Central (ARC).
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Hypersonic Boundary-Layer Receptivity over Circular Cones with Ellipsoidal/Spherical Noses
2022
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Parametric Study on Lateral–Directional Stability of Hypersonic Waverider
2021
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A Review of High-Speed Aircraft Stability and Control Challenges
AIAA AVIATION 2023 Forum
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Understanding the Impacts of Aerodynamic Uncertainty on Optimal Trajectories for Hypersonic Vehicles
AIAA AVIATION 2023 Forum
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A Conceptual Design Tool to Support High-speed Vehicle Design
AIAA AVIATION 2023 Forum
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Policy one-pager: Supersonic Flight Over Land: High-Speed Flight for the 21st Century
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Materials and Structures for Hypersonic Vehicles - On-Demand Webinar
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Hypersonic Air-Breathing Propulsion - On-Demand Short Course
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Hypersonic Propulsion Concepts: Design, Control, Operation, and Testing – On-Demand Short Course
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Hypersonic Applications: Physical Models for Interdisciplinary Simulation – On-Demand Short Course
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Hypersonic Flight Vehicle Design and Performance Analysis – On-Demand Short Course
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Guidance and Control of Hypersonic Vehicles – Online Short Course (Starts Sept 3, 2024)
High-Speed Flight Task Force Chair
Todd Magee
High-Speed Flight Task Force Chair; Principal Investigator, NASA High Speed Commercial Vehicle Concepts and Technology Roadmaps Program,Advanced Aerodynamic Design, Boeing Research & Technology
High-Speed Flight Task Force Vice Chair
Rodney Bowersox
Associate Dean for Research, Ford I Professor of Aerospace Engineering, and University Regents Professor ,Texas A&M University