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Aviation Week’s Check 6 Podcast: Beyond The Hype—What’s Happening With Air Taxis
12 February 2025
In Aviation Week's most recent Check 6 Podcast, "Beyond The Hype—What’s Happening With Air Taxis," Aviation Week Managing Editor Ben Goldstein is joined by... -
Aviation Week Article: Airbus Delays Hydrogen But Expands Engine Test Plan
10 February 2025
Guy Norris at Aviation Week reports, "Airbus is slowing ambitions to develop a hydrogen-fueled airliner by the mid-2030s but is expanding nearer-term plans to flight test... -
Dryden Lecturer Addresses Future of Getting to Greener Aviation
10 February 2025
As the aviation sector looks to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050, the biggest gains may not happen in the air but on the ground, stated Tim Lieuwen, the 2025 AIAA Dryden Lecturer in Research, during the 2025 AIAA SciTech Forum in January. -
Composites World Article: Expanding Your Horizons at New Industry Events
4 February 2025
Composites World Editor-in-Chief Scott Frances reports, “Manufacturing in general offers a multitude of trade shows — and the composites sector in particular... -
Aviation Week Article: Pratt & Whitney Unveils Details Of Hydrogen-Steam Hybrid Engine Cycle
24 January 2025
Guy Norris at Aviation Week reports, "Hydrogen fuel may offer attractive pathways toward the goal of zero carbon emissions, but turning that vision into... -
Aviation Week’s Check 6 Podcast: AIAA’s SciTech Forum Teases Hydrogen Cycles And Gulled Wings
17 January 2025
In a recent podcast, "Aviation Week editors Graham Warwick and Guy Norris discuss some of the breakthrough technologies and advanced concepts to emerge at this year's AIAA SciTech Forum in Florida. -
The ‘Golden Age’ of AI and Autonomy
13 January 2025
ORLANDO, Fla. – In the future artificial intelligence (AI) and autonomous systems will transform how people and assets are tracked, whether on Earth or in space, noted speakers on an AIAA SciTech Forum plenary on AI and Autonomy last Thursday, 9 January. -
Aerospace America: Bringing Home a Piece of Space History
10 January 2025
ORLANDO, Fla. – Aerospace America reports, "Authors of a technical paper at the 2025 AIAA SciTech Forum describe how Vanguard 1, the second U.S. satellite, could be... -
Celebrating Diverse Voices in Aerospace at AIAA SciTech Forum
10 January 2025
ORLANDO, Fla. – On the final evening of the 2025 AIAA SciTech Forum, female aerospace leaders, students, and allies gathered for an engaging discussion on the unique experience of women in aerospace... -
Aerospace America: U.S. Air Force Electrified Aircraft Program Gets Help From Congress on Tech Transition Goal
10 January 2025
ORLANDO, Fla. – Aerospace America reports, "The director of the division that runs the U.S. Air Force program to research emerging electric aircraft, AFWERX Agility Prime, is eager to see one or more... -
Sustainable Aviation Fuels and Advanced Propulsion Tech Will Help Industry Achieve Net Zero Goals by 2050
10 January 2025
ORLANDO, Fla. – An expert panel composed of three top aviation original equipment manufacturers (OEM), NASA, and the U.S. Department of Energy tackled how propulsion technology will drive the industry to achieve... -
The Next Generation of Spacesuits Being Designed Digitally
9 January 2025
ORLANDO, Fla. – During her astronaut career flying on five Space Shuttle missions, Professor Bonnie J. Dunbar recalls the challenges of ill-fitting EVA “modular, mix-and-match” spacesuits. Ironically, it was during training... -
ORNL: Troubleshooting Turbulence – the Next ‘Killer App’ for Exascale Supercomputing?
9 January 2025
ORLANDO, Fla. – The aerospace community got a rare look at the capabilities and processing might of the world’s first exascale supercomputer during a plenary session at 2025 AIAA SciTech Forum. -
USAF Science & Technology Chief: New Urgency to Embrace Digital Transformation to Strengthen the Force’s Resiliency and Ability to Compete Against Near-Peer Rivals
8 January 2025
ORLANDO, Fla. – The ability to field critical capabilities in the U.S. Air Force (USAF) has never been more urgent, a senior Air Force official told AIAA SciTech... -
AFRL Digital Transformation Champion Urges People to Embrace, Not Fear AI
8 January 2025
ORLANDO, Fla. – If Alexis Bonnell had her way, every person would embrace Artificial Intelligence (AI) fearlessly as a tool that gives them back “minutes for their mission” and enables them to “tackle the toil” of mundane work tasks. -
Aerospace America: Advanced Air Mobility Founders Show Trust in their Technology
8 January 2025
ORLANDO, Fla. – Aerospace America reports, "The ultimate vote of confidence in the design of an electrified aircraft could be when the founder climbs aboard the craft and goes airborne. The leaders of developers of two such... -
NASA Calls for Continuous American ‘Heartbeat’ in LEO
8 January 2025
ORLANDO, Fla. – When NASA retires the International Space Station by the end of 2031, the space agency intends for the United States to not just have capability in microgravity, but to have a continuous “heartbeat” in low Earth orbit... -
Hypersonics Chief Details Journey of Building the World’s Most Speed-Defying Aircraft
7 January 2025
ORLANDO, Fla.– Kevin Bowcutt has spent over four decades advancing the field of hypersonic flight, notable for achieving speeds greater than five times the speed of sound, or faster than Mach 5. As this year’s recipient of the AIAA Durand Lectureship... -
Tackling the Big Questions
7 January 2025
‘We must continue to do the really hard things,’ said JPL’s Director in the 2025 AIAA SciTech Forum’s opening plenary session By Anne Wainscott-Sargent, AIAA Communications Team ORLANDO, Fla.– The 10th and only female director of NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) opened the 2025 AIAA SciTech Forum Monday, highlighting the hard questions that JPL answers in its unique
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Charbel Farhat to Receive the 2026 Daniel Guggenheim Medal for Pioneering Advances in Aerospace Computational Mechanics
5 January 2026
Charbel Farhat has been awarded the 2026 Daniel Guggenheim Medal for pioneering advances in the computational mechanics of fluid-structure…
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AIAA Announces Next Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Aircraft
18 December 2025
AIAA is pleased to announce that Rakesh Kapania, Norris and Wendy Mitchell Professor of Aerospace Engineering…
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AIAA Statement on Senate Confirmation of Jared Isaacman as NASA Administrator
17 December 2025
AIAA issued the following statement from AIAA CEO Clay Mowry on the United States Senate’s confirmation of Jared Isaacman as NASA Administrator…
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AIAA Announces 2026 Premier Award Winners
16 December 2025
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is pleased to announce the 2026 recipients of the AIAA Premier Awards, recognizing…
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AIAA Announces Class of 2026 Honorary Fellows and Fellows
15 December 2025
AIAA proudly congratulates its newly elected Class of 2026 Honorary Fellows and Fellows. The class will be inducted during…
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AIAA SciTech Forum 2026 Adds Prominent Speakers
12 December 2025
AIAA will kick off SciTech Forum 2026 with opening remarks from America’s most experienced astronaut, Peggy Whitson…
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AIAA Announces 2025 Region VII Student Conference Winners
9 December 2025
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is pleased to announce the winners from the 2025 Region VII Student Conference, hosted at the University of Sydney…
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Aerospace Award Winners to be Honored at AIAA SciTech Forum 2026
19 November 2025
AIAA will bestow awards to aerospace innovators who made an impact on the industry over the past year during the AIAA SciTech Forum 2026…
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AIAA Announces 2026 Sustained Service Awards Winners
AIAA is pleased to announce the winners of the 2026 Sustained Service Awards. The award recognizes sustained, significant service and contributions to AIAA…
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2026 AIAA Durand Lectureship for Public Service Awarded to University of Colorado Boulder’s Brian Argrow
17 November 2025
AIAA is pleased to announce the 2026 AIAA Durand Lectureship for Public Service is awarded to Brian M. Argrow, Distinguished Professor and Glenn L. Murphy Endowed Chair…