Strategic Competition: In It To Win It AIAA DEFENSE Forum is a Secret/NOFORN event providing a venue for leaders from government, military, industry, and academia to advance and accelerate innovation. This year’s theme will explore the critical role of the science and technology community in providing innovative and operationally relevant capabilities to win the strategic competition. The forum’s program consists of two main parts:...

The confluence of machine intelligence and aeronautics is the next great revolution in air transportation. In attempting to introduce an entirely new approach to vehicle management into the world’s safest transportation system, the Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) industry must merge two entirely different cultures: 1) Aviation safety-based and inherently risk averse2) Market-driven and experiment-based — while managing performance an...

The AIAA Missile Sciences Conference focuses on the technology and science as applied to missile system and sub-system design, from concept development to operational fielding and testing. The conference provides participants with a classified forum to communicate to a unique audience of peers who are involved in the detailed implementation of weapon system design and test. Developing science and technology are the keys to providing the most c...