Session Category: AIAA AVIATION Forum 2021

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Plenary Session: Aviation Recovery, Transition and New Horizons

With global air travel at a near standstill in 2020, the aviation industry was one of the sectors hardest hit by the pandemic. As air travel has started to pick up and airlines, OEMs, and suppliers adapt, what does that mean for the future? How will the industry transition? Hear from Kevin Michaels, a globally recognized expert on the aviation and aerospace manufacturing industries, as he examines the current state and future of the industry. David Seymour, COO of American Airlines, will provide a closer look at how the world’s largest airline has ramped up for recovery. Together they’ll consider what this transitioning world means for the aviation industry and the challenges and opportunities ahead.

Forum 360: Industry Response on Delivering Performance at the Speed of Relevance

The National Defense Strategy sets a lofty goal of reforming the Department of Defense for greater performance and affordability, stating that “delivering performance means we will shed outdated management practices and structures while integrating insights from business innovation.” (National Defense Strategy [Unclassified], p. 12) How is industry responding to this imperative? Hear from aerospace and defense leaders on how their companies are moving fast and incorporating agility and modularity in design and production to meet the needs of the Department.

Forum 360: Advantages of Digital Thread for the Entire Product Lifecycle

“A Digital Twin applied to an individual final asset creates the maximum business value by quantifying knowledge about the state of the asset, enhancing operational performance (including autonomous control), providing prognostics for sustainment and life extension, extracting user preferences, and, creating knowledge for the next product and enabling feedback during early trade analyses” (“Digital Twin: Definition and Value,” AIAA and AIA Position Paper, December 2020). Learn how machine learning, artificial intelligence, and data analytics play a critical role in production and sustainment in the digital ecosystem.

 Learn more about how digital engineering will support the U.S. Space Force.

Forum 360: Hope on the Horizon: Interdisciplinary Collaboration to Solve Future Challenges

Co-sponsored by International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences (ICAS)

“Our industry continues to face significant challenges in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic; applying our innovation, community focus, and commitment to addressing global challenges head-on will be essential to our success in the post-COVID world” (Dan Dumbacher, Aerospace America, July/August 2020). How can we continue our cross-industry and cross-functional collaboration to solve big-picture issues such as sustainability, electrification of flight, commercial hypersonics, and more?

Forum 360: Collaboration to Mitigate the Risks of COVID-19

Co-sponsored by International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences (ICAS)

As the world struggled to combat COVID, the aerospace industry stepped up – including making and transporting PPE, designing ventilators, assisting the supply chain, and helping local communities. Traditional industry stovepipes were broken down quickly as we solved problems, expedited help, and worked together. Hear from the international community on how aviation has worked cross-industry and cross-functionally during the pandemic, and how those efforts will sustain the recovery of the aviation sector.

Panelists:
• Representatives from Europe, Japan, China
• ICAO
• IATA

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