Inside GNSS reports, “Sierra Space, a leading commercial space company and defense tech prime announced today another successful demonstration of the company’s Resilient GPS (R-GPS) technology for the U.S. Space Force (USSF). In this third milestone, Sierra Space demonstrated an early integration of the R-GPS satellite technology through FlatSat flight software and hardware subsystem testing, in addition to successful communication with ground software.”
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Aerospace America: Advanced Air Mobility Founders Show Trust in their Technology
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 aircraft gave personal testimonials here about doing just that.”
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GE Aerospace Expands Use of its AI-Powered Blade Inspection Technology
Aviation Week reports, “GE Aerospace is expanding the use of its artificial intelligence-enabled blade inspection tool to its two most advanced commercial engine platforms. GE, which first debuted the AI-enabled blade inspection tool (BIT) at MRO Americas last year, has been using the technology to improve speed, accuracy and consistency of GEnx engine inspections. The company is now releasing similar AI-enabled BITs for GE9X and CFM International Leap engine platforms.”
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Honeywell to Work with Merlin on Autonomous Flight Technology
Avionics International reports, “Honeywell, a supplier of avionics systems, and Merlin, a small company developing software for autonomous military aviation, have partnered to bring more autonomy to military and commercial aircraft. The initial focus of the partnership will be fixed-wing military aircraft, the companies said on Thursday. ”
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Reliable Robotics Flight Tests Cessna Caravan to Demonstrate Technology
FlightGlobal reports that Reliable Robotics has “completed flight tests intended to demonstrate that its autonomous systems can allow pilotless aircraft to operate safely in air-traffic-control-managed airspace.” On Monday, the company “said it performed the tests, which included three flights of its Cessna 208 Caravan, in Northern California in recent weeks.” The work “demonstrated that aircraft equipped with Reliable’s
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Lunar Gateway to Serve as Model for Future Mars Missions
CNET News reports on the successful Artemis 1 mission and adds that, “assuming everything goes to plan with all stages of Artemis, here are some things to look forward to in the coming decade or so,” including the lunar gateway, “a planned small space station that’ll sit in lunar orbit and serve as a solar-powered communication hub, science laboratory, habitation module for astronauts, holding center for rovers or robots and other such things.” The lunar gateway also “will serve as a model for future missions to Mars,” according to NASA.
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Aviation Week Network Checks in with AIAA Executive Director Dan Dumbacher
Aviation Week Network checked in with AIAA Executive Director Dan Dumbacher for a status report on existential threats to the planet and the strategies — both underway and in development — required to mitigate climate change and, yes — save the planet.
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Starship, SLS Could Supercharge Space Science
Scientific American reports that NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS)’s massive size “could ultimately be a boon for scientists seeking to send larger, more ambitious spacecraft and telescopes throughout the solar system – and even beyond.” The article also reports that SpaceX’s Starship is even more promising. Southwest Research Institute’s Alan Stern said, “Starship holds the promise of transforming the solar system in a way we can’t really appreciate. It completely changes the game.” Stern noted about the SLS and Starship, “These rockets can enable whole new classes of missions – to all the giant planets and the Kuiper belt objects, to the ocean world satellites and the dwarf planets of the solar system.”
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AIAA Hosting NASA’s Bhavya Lal for Policy Webinar
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February 8, 2022 – Reston, Va. – The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) will host Bhavya Lal, NASA Associate Administrator, Office of Technology, Policy, and Strategy, for an ASCENDxWebinar, 12 p.m. EST, Tuesday, Feb. 15. The webinar is sponsored by Jacobs. Registration for the free Zoom event is open now, however participation is limited:
ASCENDxWebinar: Policy Discussion with NASA’s Bhavya Lal
During the webinar, Dr. Lal will speak about NASA’s newly established Office of Technology, Policy, and Strategy, its responsibilities, how it will support the Biden Administration’s priorities, and review other agency activities. The session will include questions from the webinar moderator, as well as those attending the Zoom event, using the chat function.
Powered by AIAA, ASCEND stands for Accelerating Space Commerce, Exploration and New Discovery. ASCENDx events accelerate momentum toward the October ASCEND apex event.
AIAA Media Contact: Rebecca Gray, [email protected], 804-397-5270
NASA Headquarters Media Contact: Robert Margetta, [email protected], 202-358-0918
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AIAA Announces 2022 Premier Award Winners
Aerospace’s Best and Brightest to be Honored at AIAA Awards Gala
February 1, 2022 – Reston, Va. –The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is pleased to announce the 2022 recipients of its most prestigious awards, the AIAA Premier Awards, recognizing the most influential and inspiring individuals in aerospace, whose outstanding contributions merit the highest accolades.
Presentation of the 2022 AIAA Premier Awards and recognition of the Institute’s Class of 2022 Honorary Fellows and Fellows will take place at the AIAA Awards Gala, Wednesday, 27 April, Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, Washington, DC. Tickets are available now.
“Congratulations to our premier award winners,” said AIAA President Basil Hassan. “We are inspired by their hard work, skill, and achievements, and we thank them for their dedication to the aerospace industry. AIAA is committed to ensuring that aerospace professionals are recognized and celebrated for their achievements, innovations, and discoveries that make the world safer, more connected, more accessible, and more prosperous.”
The winners are:
AIAA Public Service Award – Lori B. Garver, Earthrise Alliance
AIAA Reed Aeronautics Award – Peretz P. Friedmann, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
AIAA Distinguished Service Award – David A. Throckmorton, National Institute of Aerospace
AIAA International Cooperation Award – Dominique Collin, Safran Group (retired)
AIAA Engineer of the Year Award – Paul R. Gradl, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
AIAA Goddard Astronautics Award – Kyle T. Alfriend, Texas A&M University
AIAA Lawrence Sperry Award – Michael P. Snyder, Redwire Space
Award Citations
AIAA Public Service Award
The award honors a person who has demonstrated sustained and visible support for aviation and space goals.
- Lori B. Garver, Earthrise Alliance, honored “For sustained leadership in the arenas of public, private, and commercial aviation and aerospace research, development, technology transition, and mentorship.”
AIAA Reed Aeronautics Award
The highest honor AIAA bestows for notable achievements in the field of aeronautics. The award is named after Dr. Sylvanus A. Reed, aeronautical engineer, designer, and founding member of the Institute of Aeronautical Sciences in 1932.
- Peretz P. Friedmann, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, honored “For inventing on-blade control for vibration reduction in rotorcraft and developing aerothermoelastic scaling laws facilitating hypersonic vehicle wind tunnel testing and design.”
AIAA Distinguished Service Award
AIAA recognizes an individual member who has provided distinguished service to the Institute over a period of years.
- David A. Throckmorton, National Institute of Aerospace, honored “For over three decades of leadership and exemplary service to AIAA at the section and national level.”
AIAA International Cooperation Award
The award is presented to a member who has made a recent individual contribution in the application of scientific and mathematical principles leading to a significant accomplishment or event worthy of AIAA’s national or international recognition.
- Dominique Collin, Safran Group (retired), honored “For sustained leadership in building international collaborations on noise and emissions reduction strategies for subsonic transport aircraft.”
AIAA Engineer of the Year Award
The award is presented to a member of the Institute who has made a recent individual, technical contribution in the application of scientific and mathematical principles leading to a significant technical accomplishment.
- Paul R. Gradl, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, recognized “For exceptional engineering and technical innovation developing metal additive manufacturing techniques, advanced materials, and large-scale techniques for rocket components while proactively promoting technology transfer.”
AIAA Goddard Astronautics Award
The highest honor AIAA bestows for notable achievement in the field of astronautics. It was endowed by Mrs. Goddard in the 1940s as the ARS Goddard Memorial Award to commemorate her husband, Robert H. Goddard—rocket visionary, pioneer, bold experimentalist, and superb engineer whose early liquid rocket engine launches set the stage for the development of astronautics.
- Kyle T. Alfriend, Texas A&M University, honored “For extraordinary contributions and advancements in the fields of orbital mechanics and space situational awareness.”
AIAA Lawrence Sperry Award
The award is presented for a notable contribution made by a young person, age 35 or under, to the advancement of aeronautics or astronautics. This award honors Lawrence B. Sperry, pioneer aviator and inventor, who died in 1923 in a forced landing while attempting a flight across the English Channel.
- Michael P. Snyder, Redwire Space, honored “For outstanding and notable contributions to advance in-space additive manufacturing to ensure safer, sustainable spaceflight missions and manufacturing industrial products to benefit Earth.”
Contact: Rebecca B. Gray, [email protected], 804-397-5270 cell
About AIAA
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is the world’s largest aerospace technical society. With nearly 30,000 individual members from 91 countries, and 100 corporate members, AIAA brings together industry, academia, and government to advance engineering and science in aviation, space, and defense. For more information, visit aiaa.org, and follow AIAA on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram.