FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Michele McDonald 703.264.7542 [email protected] “Vision for CisLunar Economy” May 28, 2019 – Reston, Va. – The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) has selected Salvatore T. “Tory” Bruno to give its 2019 von Kármán Lecture in Astronautics. Bruno will deliver his lecture, “Vision for CisLunar Economy,” at 6:30 p.m. (EDT), August

24 May 2019 The Dallas Morning News reports that during a closed-door meeting Thursday in Fort Worth, Texas, “air safety regulators representing more than 30 countries” posed “frank questions” to the FAA “about the process for determining when to let Boeing 737” MAX aircraft begin flying again. The Boeing Company has not submitted its fix for

24 May 2019 The Washington Post reports that NASA has “launched the final stage of a four-year effort to develop a national traffic management system” for UAVs. The agency is testing beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) flights of UAVs in cities “for the first time…as businesses look in the future to unleash the unmanned devices in

23 May 2019 The Washington Examiner  reports that DJI Technologies “announced Wednesday it will begin including airplane and helicopter detectors in nearly all consumer drones manufactured in and after 2020, making it the first company to do so.” DJI VP of Policy and Legal Affairs Brendan Schulman “told 100 industry experts in Washington the company will

23 May 2019 Florida Today reports that “SpaceX teams are gearing up to launch a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station late Thursday after two previous attempts were delayed due to weather and technical issues.” According to the USAF’s 45th Weather Squadron, conditions for the 90-minute launch window from 10:30 p.m. to

22 May 2019 The Wall Street Journal (Subscription Publication) reports that US aviation officials are starting to establish that the fatal Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 incident may have started with a bird strike shortly after takeoff, which may have knocked out a sensor that fed information into the MCAS automated system. (Image Credit: Associated Press–©) Full Story (Wall

22 May 2019 CNET News reports that during the next test flight of Starhopper, SpaceX “is expecting a maximum altitude of 16,400 feet, according to documents filed with the US Federal Communications Commission and spotted by The Verge.” The filing said, “The vehicle will fly vertically from the ground to under 500 meters for its

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: John Blacksten 703.264.7532 [email protected] Industry leaders to discuss emerging trends, changing technology and new entrants. May 21, 2019 – Reston, Va. – The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) will hold its 2019 Aviation and Aeronautics Forum and Exposition (AIAA AVIATION Forum) 17-21 June at the Hilton Anatole in Dallas, Texas.

21 May 2019 CNET News reports that “SpaceX is planning to launch its delayed Starlink mission into orbit on Thursday.” (Image: SpaceX Falcon 9 on launchpad 39A at Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, FL, 1 March 2019. Credit: Associated Press–©) Full Story (CNET News)

21 May 2019 The AP reports that Honda Aircraft Co. “announced Monday it is expanding its global headquarters” in Greensboro, North Carolina, “with an extra 82,000 square feet for expanded wing assembly and more parts storage for the private jets rolling off the production line.” Honda Aircraft spokeswoman Jessica Ketner indicated that “the expansion due for

17 May 2019 Aviation Week reports that “in an effort to expedite a crew landing on the Moon, NASA on May 16 hired 11 companies for studies and prototypes of descent modules, orbit-transfer stages and refueling capabilities, in advance of an upcoming solicitation for integrated lunar landing.” (Image Credit: NASA | Wikipedia) Full Story (Aviation Week)

17 May 2019 Florida Today reports that “SpaceX was forced to delay the second attempt to launch 60 of its Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Thursday night due to software issues, the company said.” (Image: SpaceX Falcon 9 on launchpad 39A at Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, FL, 1 March 2019. Credit: Associated Press–©)

AIAA President John Langford began his opening remarks at the 2019 AIAA Aerospace Spotlight Awards Gala with a simple question: “Where were you on the afternoon and the evening of July 20, 1969?” “That event had a lot to do with why you are here tonight,” Langford said to the packed atrium of the Ronald

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: John Blacksten [email protected] Donation Will Support Diversification of the STEM Talent Pipeline; AIAA to Match Boeing’s Gift Through the Match A Million Campaign May 17, 2019 – Reston, Va. – The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Foundation and Boeing announced this week a $1 million donation from the Boeing Charitable Trust. The

16 May 2019 SPACE reports that China’s Yutu-2 rover “may have discovered the first samples from the moon’s mantle, released from the lunar interior by a giant, ancient cosmic impact, a new study finds.” (Image: Chinese moon rover. Credit: NASA) Full Story (SPACE)

16 May 2019 The Financial Times (subscription publication) reports that German startup Lilium on Thursday will debut an all-electric jet that the company plans to adapt for public air taxi services. (Image Credit: Lilium) Full Story (Financial Times)

15 May 2019 The Daily Mail reports that “NASA-funded research is investigating the possibility of developing all-electric airliners that produce no greenhouse gas emissions.” The “Center for Cryogenic High-Efficiency Electrical Technologies for Aircraft” (CHEETA) project “is exploring the potential of liquid hydrogen fuel cells as an environmentally friendly power source.” University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Professor Phillip

15 May 2019 Aviation Week reports that Airbus is incorporating “additive manufactured parts” on the A350 aircraft, and “it also is digitally redesigning components for other platforms to avoid sourcing them from a new supplier.” Airbus Head of Technology, Asia Pacific Cyrille Schwob said in remarks at the Aerospace & MRO Summit Bangkok last week, “3D

14 May 2019 FlightGlobal reports that the Department of Defense’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) “plans to launch a competition to teach artificial intelligence (AI) software programmes how to control aircraft and their weapons in dogfights.” DARPA views the Air Combat Evolution (ACE) challenge as the beginning of the development of automated air-to-air combat software.

14 May 2019 Spaceflight Now reports that “SpaceX ground teams at Cape Canaveral transferred a Falcon 9 rocket to launch pad 40 and rotated the booster vertical Monday for a preflight hold-down firing, ahead of a liftoff scheduled for Wednesday night carrying 60 satellites into orbit for the company’s planned Starlink broadband constellation.” (Image: SpaceX Falcon

13 May 2019 Reuters reported that “a failed fuel tube caused the first crash of an F-35 jet in September of last year, U.S. government investigators said in a report issued this week.” (Image: F-35 Lightning II performs demonstration flight at Paris Air Show, Tuesday, 20 June 2017. Credit: Associated Press–©) Full Story (Reuters)

13 May 2019 Florida Today reports that “the weather forecast looks mostly favorable for the launch of a whopping 60 SpaceX communications [satellites] from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Wednesday, according to the Air Force.” The Falcon 9 launch from Launch Complex 40 has 70 percent “go” conditions for the 10:30 p.m. EDT launch

10 May 2019 Space News reports that “the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center on Thursday awarded United Launch Alliance a $149 million contract for a Delta 4 Heavy launch of the National Reconnaissance Office mission NROL-68, the second of three missions awarded to ULA under the Launch Vehicle Production Services contract in October

9 May 2019 The AP reports that “Swedish manufacturer Saab plans to open” a $37 million facility at Purdue’s Discovery Park District “as part of its production of a new Air Force training jet, bringing a major aviation project” near Purdue University. Saab CEO Hakan Buskhe “said the facility is expected to open next year

9 May 2019 Aviation Week reports that in materials dated May 7, the FAA “‘cannot confirm the legality’ of using technologies designed to detect small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), the agency states.” The FAA provided “information to airport operators interested in testing systems that can detect and track drones flying within the vicinity of an

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Michele McDonald 703.264.7542 [email protected] May 8, 2019 – Reston, Va. – The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) applauds the confirmation of Kimberly Reed, Judith DelZoppo Pryor, and former Congressman Spencer Bachus to the U.S. Export-Import Bank Board. AIAA Executive Director Dan Dumbacher made the following statement upon the Senate vote.

8 May 2019 FlightGlobal reports that Pegasus Universal Aerospace’s vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) business jet “will make its first public outing this month at the European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (EBACE) in Geneva.” The startup “will debut a one-eighth-scale model of the all-composite aircraft and open the orderbook for the eight-passenger type.” The

8 May 2019 CBS News reports that a hospital in Raleigh, North Carolina, is “pioneering the use of drones to speed up the delivery of critical medical samples across WakeMed Hospital’s campus.” WakeMed “partnered with…UPS and drone-maker Matternet to launch the program in March.” The program debuts the “first revenue-producing commercial drone flights approved by

7 May 2019 CNET News reports that “NASA on Monday tweeted out a time-lapse video of” SpaceX’s uncrewed Dragon cargo spacecraft as it was “being captured” by the ISS. NASA posted on Twitter, “Checkout this incredible time lapse video of this morning’s capture of the @SpaceX Dragon cargo craft by astronaut @Astro_DavidS of @CSA_ASC, backed

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Michele McDonald 703.264.7542 [email protected] May 7, 2019 – Reston, Va. – The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Foundation thanks the family and friends of Dr. Hassan A. Hassan for contributing to a new graduate award in aerospace engineering in his name. Dr. Hassan, 87, established the Dr. Hassan A. Hassan

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: John Blacksten 703.264.7532 [email protected] May 6, 2019 – Reston, Va. – The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is pleased to announce the 2019 Regional Student Conference first-place winners. AIAA sponsors student conferences in each AIAA region for student members at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Students present their research

1 May 2019 SPACE reports that “six flybys of relatively large asteroids will happen over a span of two years, beginning in June 2027,” and they “will offer an incredible spree of close asteroid flybys, and none will pose a threat to life on Earth.” NASA JPL Radar Specialist Lance Benner said in remarks April

1 May 2019 The Los Angeles Times reports that “a video circulating on the internet that appeared to show SpaceX’s astronaut capsule exploding during an April 20 test was leaked from the test area, according to an internal memo issued by a major NASA contractor.” Both “NASA and SpaceX have been tight-lipped about the extent

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: John Blacksten 703.264.7532 [email protected] May 1, 2019 – Reston, Va. – The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is pleased to announce the 2019 Region VI Student Conference winners. The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) sponsors student conferences in each AIAA region for student members at both the undergraduate

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: John Blacksten 703.264.7532 [email protected] April 30, 2019 – Reston, Va. – The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is pleased to announce the 2019 Region V Student Conference winners. The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) sponsors student conferences in each AIAA region for student members at both the undergraduate

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: John Blacksten 703.264.7532 [email protected] April 29, 2019 – Reston, Va. – The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is pleased to announce the 2019 Region IV Student Conference winners. The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) sponsors student conferences in each AIAA region for student members at both the undergraduate

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: John Blacksten 703.264.7532 [email protected] April 25, 2019 – Reston, Va. – The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is pleased to announce the 2019 Region II Student Conference winners. The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) sponsors student conferences in each AIAA region for student members at both the undergraduate

26 April 2019 Reuters reports that “Japan expanded its search for a missing F-35 stealth fighter on Thursday with a maritime survey vessel joining a navy ship and a U.S. Navy salvage team is expected in the area in coming days, a Japanese air force spokesman said.” Only small pieces of the aircraft’s tail have

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: John Blacksten 703.264.7532 [email protected] April 26, 2019 – Reston, Va. – The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is pleased to announce the 2019 Region III Student Conference winners. The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) sponsors student conferences in each AIAA region for student members at both the undergraduate

26 April 2019 Reuters reports that the FAA will host a meeting of top civil aviation officials May 23 to discuss the safety of the 737 MAX. The FAA said that the meeting “is intended to provide participants the FAA’s safety analysis that will inform its decision to return the 737 MAX fleet to service

25 April 2019 The Orlando Sentinel reports that NASA “reinforced its confidence in SpaceX on Wednesday as the company moved ahead with a planned resupply mission to the International Space Station despite an apparent explosion over the weekend during testing of its astronaut capsule.” In a statement Wednesday, NASA spokesperson Stephanie Martin said that the

25 April 2019 ExecutiveGov reports that Layne Merritt, head of U.S. Army’s Aviation Development Directorate, “said the service plans to conduct a series of demonstrations for a new fleet of air-launched unmanned aircraft in the coming years, Defense News reported Tuesday.” The military branch “looks to develop a capability to deploy drones from a larger

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: John Blacksten 703.264.7532 [email protected] April 24, 2019 – Reston, Va. – The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is pleased to announce the 2019 Region I Student Conference winners. AIAA sponsors student conferences in each AIAA region for student members at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Students present their research

24 April 2019 Reuters reports that “NASA’s robotic probe InSight has detected and measured what scientists believe to be a ‘marsquake,’ marking the first time a likely seismological tremor has been recorded on another planet, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California reported on Tuesday.” (Image Credit: NASA) More Info (Reuters)

24 April 2019 The Los Angeles Times reports that the use of “hypergolic propellants” by SpaceX could be part of “the investigation into an accident Saturday during a ‘static fire’ test of a Crew Dragon’s SuperDraco engines in Florida.” The SuperDraco thrusters are “powered by monomethylhydrazine and nitrogen tetroxide – propellants that, when combined, immediately

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: John Blacksten 703.264.7532 [email protected] March 22, 2019 – Reston, Va. –The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics announced today the results of its 2019 election for President-Elect and Council of Directors positions. “It is with sincere gratitude that I thank our volunteers for stepping up to help lead AIAA in this

Airport Technology reports that a “recent spate of incidents involving drones at airports in the UK, the US and the UAE has focused public and media attention on the threat they pose to critical airspace.” In order to counter UAVs at airports, “companies such as DJI are employing ‘geo-fencing,’ whereby software uses the global positioning system

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: John Blacksten 703.264.7532 [email protected] Honored for Efforts to Promote Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education March 18, 2019 – Reston, Va. –Three K–12 educators from across the United States have won the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Foundation Educator Achievement Awards, honoring their efforts to promote science, technology, engineering,

18 April 2019 Space News reports that “a Northrop Grumman Antares rocket successfully launched a Cygnus spacecraft April 17” at 4:46 p.m. local time from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport. The Cygnus carried “nearly three and a half metric tons of cargo bound for the International Space Station,” and it “separated from the Antares rocket’s upper

CNET News reports that NASA and Blue Origin “have signed an agreement that will provide Blue Origin access to the historic test stand and strengthen growth in the commercial space sector, NASA announced Wednesday.” Blue Origin CEO Bob Smith said in a press release, “Through this agreement, we’ll provide for the refurbishment, restoration and modernization of