Welcome to AIAA SciTech Forum—the premier aerospace R&D event of the year exploring the science, technologies, and capabilities that are transforming aerospace.
Companies and organizations made announcements and shared news during the 2025 forum.
2025 AIAA SciTech Forum Energizing the Future!
The premier aerospace R&D event of the year, 2025 AIAA SciTech Forum, is underway in Orlando, Florida, 6–10 January. The 2025 program features nearly 3,000 technical presentations as well as an extensive lineup of aerospace and defense industry
leaders and innovators as speakers from across industry, government, and academia.
Monday morning's plenary featured JPL's Director, Laurie Leshin, who spoke about the challenges JPL is currently addressing. Tuesday's featured speaker
was NASA Associate Administrator James Free who shared NASA’s strategy to define the next era of continuous human presence in Low Earth Orbit.
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About AIAA SciTech Forum
AIAA SciTech Forum is the world's largest event for aerospace research, development, and technology, showcasing breakthrough science, revolutionary technologies, and generation-after-next capabilities. The 2025 forum theme, "Energize the Future," reflects
the current shift in the aerospace industry: envisioning and enabling new means of transportation and exploration that will revolutionize our society, achieving sustainability goals, developing and applying new and improved software and hardware tools,
and promoting inclusivity. It also champions the legacy of our community: tackling hard challenges and pushing boundaries to achieve the art of the (im)possible.
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Featured Speakers
Alexis Bonnell
Chief Information Officer and Director, Digital Capabilities Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory
Bryan Dorland
Principal Director for Space Technology, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Critical Technologies
James Free
Associate Administrator, NASA
James Hinds
Vice President, Space Program Management, Airbus U.S. Space and Defense
Kristin Houston
President, Space Propulsion and Power Systems, Aerojet Rocketdyne, L3Harris Technologies, Inc.
Karl Hutter
Chief Executive Officer, Click Bond
Laurie Leshin
Director, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Wendy O’Connor
Executive Director, Advanced Air Mobility Integration, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
Masami Onoda
Director, International Relations and Research Department, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
Krishna Sampigethaya
Department Chair and Professor of Cyber Intelligence and Security, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
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