Transformative Systems Engineering
The Transformative Systems Engineering Task Force is using AIAA expertise to transform systems engineering to support DoD modernization and NASA programs, as well as wider government programs. It will advise how to develop a joint architecture; integrate with budgeting and aqcuisition processes; and accomplish in time needed given the peer competition and rapidly evolving market conditions. It is working closely with the Digital Engineering Integration Committee to drive forward Digital Engineering alongside government partners.
Featured Resources
AIAA is publishing technical papers from members as well as thought leadership columns on Transformative Systems Engineering. Read these selected recent publications and search for others in Aerospace Research Central (ARC).
Year of Autonomy in Alaskan Glaciers, Flight, Earth Orbit, Cislunar Space and Mars
Aerospace America
December 2022“An Orbital Transportation Network to Support the Cislunar Space Enterprise”
2022 von Kármán Lecture in Astronautics
Kathleen Howell, Purdue University
2022 ASCEND, October 2022AIAA Cislunar Depot Report-Out
2022 ASCEND, October 2022Cis-Lunar Cargo Transfers To Support Propellant Depots In Lunar Orbit
2021 ASCEND, November 2021Partnering For a Commercial Cislunar Logistics Infrastructure
2020 ASCEND, November 2020Quantum Space Announces Cislunar Mission
Space News reports that at AIAA’s 2022 ASCEND event, CTO of Quantum Space Ben Reed announced plans for the company’s first smallsat pathfinder mission which will collect situational awareness data. The QS-1 spacecraft is scheduled to launch in October 2024. Reed said of the cislunar mission, “We intend on demonstrating the ability to operate and navigate in cislunar space. We are going to be collecting space domain awareness and space situational awareness data.”