Events Category: Aerospace Perspectives Series

Aerospace Perspectives Series: Seeing Around Corners: Using Technology Intelligence to Guide Early-Stage R&D and Investment Decisions in Aerospace and Defense

This webinar will show aerospace and defense professionals how to use technology intelligence to “see around corners” as emerging technologies accelerate from the lab to the field. Through real-world decision scenarios, attendees will learn how to evaluate which emerging technologies to pursue, determine when a technology is mature enough for serious investment, understand what Department of War funding patterns reveal about future capability priorities, and identify where future research, development, test, and evaluation funding may create business development opportunities before solicitations are released.

What You’ll Take Away:

Identify early signals of emerging technologies across publications, patents, grants, and venture activity.
Separate genuine momentum from hype using growth, funding, and cross-domain signals.
Detect critical crossover points as technologies move from academic exploration to protected IP and funded DoD programs.
Map the aerospace and defense value chain from research and funding to early systems.
Use FY27 DoD appropriations data to identify aligned programs before solicitations are released.
Apply technology intelligence to prioritize R&D, shape capture strategies, and align portfolios.

Speakers:

Stephanie Hughes
Cofounder and CEO
North AI

Timothy Otto
Chief Growth Officer
North AI

Aerospace Perspectives Series: Cutting the Cost of Qualifying Additive Flight Hardware

Quality makes up a large part of the cost of additive parts today, and the qualification cycle behind that cost still relies on coupon builds, destructive sectioning, and metallography.

Which parts of that bill can non-destructive testing retire? In this webinar, we’ll cover how industrial X-ray CT can measure porosity distribution, density, wall thickness, internal channel geometry, trapped powder, and lack of fusion directly in the flight part. We’ll show how that data maps to the evidence requirements in the frameworks aerospace programs already use, and where CT can replace or supplement destructive testing.

This webinar is relevant to engineers working on hardware such as turbine and engine components, rocket motors, castings and forgings, structural brackets and panels, and defense hardware, including energetics and UAS.

What you’ll learn:

Where the real cost sits in an AM qualification program and which portions are addressable through NDT evidence.
How CT-derived porosity, density, and geometry data map to existing aerospace qualification frameworks.
What CT can and cannot resolve, including physics limitations based on material, wall thickness, and part envelope.
How to build a defensible acceptance criterion and detectability argument.
How teams can move from sampled inspection to 100% volumetric screening as production rates climb.

This webinar is free of charge and is open to the public. Registered attendees will receive a post-event email to access the on-demand recording.

Speakers

Evan Mathis
Enterprise Account Executive
Lumafield

Chris Wells
Enterprise Account Executive
Lumafield

Aerospace Perspectives Series: Espionage Has Gone Mobile: Defense Programs Are the New Target

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Nation-state espionage no longer waits at the network perimeter. It follows your people, onto their phones, into their calls and messages, and across telecom infrastructure no one in your program controls.

Join David Wiseman, BlackBerry secure voice and messaging expert, and Christine Gadsby, Chief Security Advisor, for a candid discussion of how mobile-first espionage, layered device threats, consumer messaging app vulnerability, and AI-driven deception are reshaping the risk to aerospace and defense programs, and what it takes to keep CUI, classified, and export-controlled work coordinated, verified, and under your control from the first design review to the launch pad.

Speakers:

David Wiseman
Vice President, Secure Communications, Blackberry

Christine Gadsby
Chief Security Advisor, Blackberry

This webinar is free of charge and is open to the public. Registered attendees will receive a post-event email to access the on-demand recording.

Aerospace Perspectives Series: How AI is Automating Geometry Preprocessing for Simulation Workflows

It’s not news that geometry preprocessing and grid generation have been a bottleneck in simulation workflows. The CFD Vision 2030 Study, published by NASA in 2014, formally identified this as the constraint pacing CFD workflows. More than a decade later, the simulation industry has advanced considerably, yet this core issue remains largely unaddressed.

But now, that is changing. There is an innovative new approach to geometry preprocessing using AI, one that eliminates the bottleneck entirely and brings preprocessing in line with the pace of modern simulation workflows. The solution is Flexcompute’s GeometryAI: an AI-powered preprocessing platform that functions as an intelligent agent, absorbing hours or days of expert geometry preparation work and reasoning over topology and tolerances to produce simulation-ready geometry with little to no human intervention.

Join us for this webinar to learn how GeometryAI can take on this burden, so you can focus on design, analysis, and iteration. This webinar will cover:

An overview of GeometryAI and how it works
How GeometryAI uses neural reconstruction algorithms to heal geometry without fidelity loss
Industry use cases where preprocessing time drops from days to hours
A live demonstration: from a raw CAD to a simulation-ready model in minutes

Speaker:

Mike Park
Head of Technology, Flexcompute

This webinar is free of charge and is open to the public. Registered attendees will receive a post-event email to access the on-demand recording.

Aerospace Perspectives Series: Aligning Strategy and Decisions with a Golden Thread

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Most organizations strive for strategic alignment, but in reality, strategy lives in slide decks, plans in spreadsheets, and risks in separate systems. By the time information reaches executives, it is often outdated, turning alignment into a periodic exercise rather than an ongoing capability.

In aerospace and defense programs, where coordination across engineering, operations, cost, schedule, and risk is critical, this disconnect makes it difficult to maintain a clear line of sight from strategic priorities to execution.

In this session, we will explore how organizations can move from misalignment to decisions guided by a true golden thread, using unified data to provide ongoing decision guidance from strategy through initiatives, delivery, risks, and outcomes. You will learn how to:

Connect familiar data sources into a unified view without rebuilding your planning approach
Reveal how changes ripple across plans in real time
Clarify trade-offs by exposing competing priorities and resource constraints
Shift leadership conversations from static reporting to dynamic decision-making

Speaker:

Jason Lefever
Director, Solutions Engineering
Lumivero

This webinar is free of charge and is open to the public. Registered attendees will receive a post-event email to access the on-demand recording.

Aerospace Perspectives Series: The Accelerating Pace of Physics AI Modeling and What It Means for the Aerospace Industry

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The last two years have witnessed a surge in the acceleration in our ability to generate, curate, and use data for large-scale training of modern physics-AI surrogates. Additionally, physics-AI architectures are rapidly improving in their ability to accurately represent complex, industrially relevant geometries and associated physics. Extrapolating into the future, we must ask ourselves the question: “What does this mean for the future of aerospace engineering?”

During this webinar, Professor Alonso will describe the evolving landscape of artificial intelligence and machine learning methods as they relate to various applications in aerospace engineering, including design space exploration, optimization, uncertainty quantification, and data assimilation for digital twins. For example, Luminary Cloud has developed SHIFT-CCA, a physics-AI model for external aerodynamics (including the flowpath for the propulsion system) for the U.S. Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft. Using SHIFT-CCA, Professor Alonso will discuss how such models can be used and the potential of Luminary Cloud’s SHIFT models for aerospace applications.

Speaker:

Juan Alonso
CTO and Cofounder, Luminary Cloud; Chair, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University

This webinar is free of charge and is open to the public. Registered attendees will receive a post-event email to access the on-demand recording.

Aerospace Perspectives Series: Engineering the Hydrogen Age: Multi‑Physics Simulations for ZEROe Aircraft

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This webinar will introduce Airbus’ ZEROe project and detail its use of GT-SUITE to simulate different processes involving liquid hydrogen in transfer lines. We will cover the challenges of modeling transient cryogenic two-phase flow and demonstrate how GT-SUITE helps us predict thermal response and pressure instabilities. We will highlight the value of simulation in the early stages of a project, when test data is scarce, and how it can help shape a clean-sheet aircraft design and operation.

Speakers:

Isaac de Souza
Systems and Test Engineer, Airbus

Suryaprakash Thiagarajan
Systems and Test Engineer—1D Modelling and Validation, Airbus

Roberto Alegre Usach
Advanced Specialist in Fuel Systems, Airbus

Jonas Verrière
Staff Engineer, Solutions Consulting, Gamma Technologies

This webinar is free of charge and is open to the public. Registered attendees will receive a post-event email to access the on-demand recording.

Aerospace Perspectives Series: Space Systems Modernization: Making the Most of Technology Investments While Constantly Advancing the Mission

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Space decision makers are faced with aging infrastructure, shrinking budgets, and evolving mission needs that grow more complex by the second. How can they modernize in place without exposing their mission to risk while also preparing for the next challenge? Leaders from NASA, NOAA, and the U.S. Space Force will discuss innovative ways as to how their programs are adopting practices and solutions to adapt to a demanding space environment. The panel will explore topics ranging from automation and the cloud, to software and model-based systems engineering, and more.

Speakers:

Kevin Coggins
Deputy Associate Administrator, NASA

Ronla Henry-Reeves
Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (AWIPS) Program Manager, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Russ Teehan
Technical Director, Space Development Agency, United States Space Force

This webinar is free of charge and is open to the public. Registered attendees will receive a post-event email to access the on-demand recording.

Aerospace Perspectives Series: Validation for Aerospace with Industrial CT: Driving Quality at Scale

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Quality is critical to mission success across aerospace applications. Changes—whether driven by new designs, advanced materials, or shifting supply chains—must be rigorously validated to ensure reliability and safety. Industrial CT scanning provides manufacturers with a non-destructive, high-resolution view of aerospace, defense, and avionics components. From composites and wiring to seals and valves, CT uncovers hidden flaws and pinpoints root causes of failures, reducing risk and ensuring consistent performance. Join Lumafield for a webinar to learn how CT scanning strengthens quality validation at every stage of development, from early R&D to automated, high-volume production.

What you’ll learn:

How CT scanning works and what insights it delivers
How to leverage CT for supplier qualification and incoming part verification
How to apply CT for composite structure analysis
How AI-driven workflows enable real-time, automated decision making
How to adopt CT scanning cost-effectively in both R&D and production

Speaker:

Ken Cedrone
Co-Founder and Head of Research and Development

Moderator:

Wesley Thio
Technical Product Marketing Manager

This webinar is free of charge and is open to the public. Registered attendees will receive a post-event email to access the on-demand recording.

Aerospace Perspective Series: Harnessing Physics AI Models to Accelerate Aerospace Concept Exploration and Design

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A Physics AI revolution is brewing right now in the engineering sciences: the availability of massive amounts of data together with recent advances in physics-based AI/ML modeling architectures and the availability of differentiable physics solvers is making this possible. This revolution will have a meaningful and disruptive impact on how aircraft and aircraft components are designed and how distributed engineering teams are organized and work. With advances in large-scale data availability, Physics AI models can be trained in specific domains with inference times around 1–3 seconds but with accuracy in the predictions of the physics and derived quantities within the 1-2% range.

Join Professor Juan Alonso as he explains how Luminary Cloud’s SHIFT Models for aerospace applications can result in efficient 1) exploration of vast design spaces, 2) interactive design, 3) inference-based design optimization, 4) real-time control of physics systems, 5) uncertainty quantification and design under uncertainty, and 6) digital twin applications.

What You’ll Take Away

Learn about recent trends in Physics AI including how key developments are expanding the use cases these models can be leveraged for.
Discover the importance of generating massive amounts of high-fidelity data and how these data affect model accuracy for both scalar output quantities and field prediction.
Domain-specific vs foundational models: how far can we currently push Physics AI models and how can we improve model generalizability?
What are the most applicable use cases for this technology in aerospace engineering?

Speaker:

Juan Alonso
CTO and Cofounder, Luminary Cloud; Chair, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University

Obi Ndu
Chief Information and Digital Officer, Otto Aviation

Alonso cofounded Luminary Cloud, a modern CAE SaaS platform, in 2019. He previously served as Director of the NASA Fundamental Aeronautics Program. At Stanford University, he focuses on advanced computational methods for aerospace system design. Learn more about Alonso by visiting his LinkedIn profile.

This webinar is free of charge and is open to the public. Registered attendees will receive a post-event email to access the on-demand recording.