Call for Papers

Please direct questions to:
Max Z. Li, University of Michigan
Joseph Post, University of South Florida

Papers are sought relating to policies and strategies that will advance the modernization of Aerospace Transportation Systems, to include space and air traffic management (STM/ATM), airspace/space operations integration, capacity improvements, UAS/UTM integration, autonomous operations integration, space operations integration, and related safety enhancements/issues.

Topics:

• Economic and Cost/Benefit Analyses to Support Modernization
• Enabling Growth of Operations in Aerospace Traffic with Safety and Efficiency Goals
• Innovative Systems Approaches to Aerospace Traffic Management
• Novel Business Models and Policies for Traffic Management
• Operations and Airspace Management for Existing and New Concepts (Joint GA/TF)
• Overcoming Barriers to Integration of New Entrants (e.g., AAM Operations) into the NAS (Joint w/TF)
• Performance-Based Regulations and Policy Trade-offs Between Airspace User Segments
• Simplified Operations and Autonomy for Transformational Mobility (Joint w/TF)
• Societal Impacts/Lessons Learned of UAS/UTM
• Integrated Operations (Joint w/USIOC)
• Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena impact on Aerospace Traffic Management (Joint with UAP)

Please direct questions to: 
Min Xue, NASA Ames Research Center
Marc Brittain, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Priyank Pradeep, NASA Ames Research Center

The Air Transportation Systems Technical Committee (ATS‑TC) invites original technical papers that advance air transportation systems and operations. We welcome work on concepts, technologies, procedures, algorithms, functions, and analyses that improve the safety, efficiency, scalability, and sustainability of current airspace, airline, and airport management systems. We also seek research on the concept development, algorithms, testing, and operations of new traffic‑management systems that expand NAS access for new vehicle operations, such as Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), UAS Traffic Management (UTM), Advanced Air Mobility (AAM), and Extensible Traffic Management System (xTM), along with their integration into the National Airspace System (NAS). Submissions applying data science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence, as well as modeling and simulation techniques that advance conventional and non‑conventional air transportation systems, are strongly encouraged. Please review the Additional Details .

Students are encouraged to submit to the Air Transportation Systems Student Paper Competition.

Topics:

• Advanced Operational Concepts for ATC/ATM
• Air Transportation Safety and Reliability
• Air Transportation System Economics, Policy, Social Impacts and Operational Implications
• Airline and Flight Operator Planning, Operations and Decision Making
• Airport and Metroplex Operations and Technologies
• Applications of Advanced Communications, Navigation, and Surveillance Technologies
• Autonomy and Electrification in Aviation and the NAS
• Development of AAM/UAM Operational Concepts
• Extensible Traffic Management for Non-Conventional Air Traffic (Commercial Space and Upper Class E)
• Flight Path Management and Trajectory-Based Operations
• Human Factors in Air Transportation Systems and Operations
• Info-Centric ATM Services and Operations
• Integration and Operation of AAM/UAM/UAS in the NAS
• Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence to Air Transportation Systems and Operations
• Simulation, Modeling, and Analysis of ATC/ATM Technologies and Procedures
• Sustainable Aviation
• Weather Impacts on Air Transportation Systems and Operations

Please direct questions to: 
Timothy Takahashi, Arizona State University (retired)
Dan Dougherty, Northrop-Grumman

We seek technical papers in all of areas of atmospheric flight vehicle design from subsonic through hypersonic, at all scales from micro air vehicles to very large aircraft. The Aircraft Design TC collaborates with the Transformational Flight, General Aviation TC and the Multi-Disciplinary-Optimization TCs as well as the History IOC. We seek papers on system level design studies of complete aircraft (both traditional and unconventional). We also seek papers covering the requirements development process as well as discipline-level studies most applicable to the conceptual and preliminary design process including aircraft performance, aerodynamics, propulsion, flight mechanics, structures, manufacturing, overall aircraft sizing as well as subsystem component sizing.

Topics:

• Aircraft Design Case Studies incl. History, Market and Systems Engineering Analysis
• Aircraft Design Methods supporting Regulatory Compliance (incl. AAM, Supersonics & Hypersonics)
• Aircraft Design to Minimize Environmental Impact (Carbon Emissions & Sustainability)
• Aircraft Design Tools & Processes (Aero, Perf, Prop, S&C, Flt Mech, Structures, Weight, Sizing…)
• Aircraft Subsystems Design, Tools & Processes (i.e. Size, Weight, Power, Thermal, Redundancy)
• Aircraft System Design Requirements Studies (incl. AAM, Airline Ops, Supersonics & Hypersonics)
• Assessment of Aircraft Level Propulsion Concepts (Powered Lift, Electric, Hydrogen, Supersonic…)
• Assessment of Integrated New Technologies at Aircraft Level (Performance, Production, Cost)
• Complete Aircraft Design (Transport, Military, UAV, UAM, Subsonic, Supersonic, Hypersonic…)
• Undergraduate Student Design Projects not affiliated with other AIAA competitions

Please direct questions to: 
Anthony Ashley, Lockheed Martin
Gustavo Halila, Embraer
Reza Djeddi, Cadence

Papers are solicited in the areas of theoretical, experimental, and computational approaches to aerodynamics applications. Relevant areas of interest include, but are not limited to, flight or ground vehicle aerodynamic design, analysis of wing/rotor/vehicle aerodynamic performance, methods for modeling aerodynamic bodies, and novel studies or technological applications related to aerodynamic applications. Specific areas of interest are listed below, but work in related areas is also encouraged. For more information, please click Additional Details .

Students are encouraged to submit to the Applied Aerodynamics Student Paper Competition.

All persons submitting an abstract to this technical discipline are also invited to participate in the Flow Visualization Showcase.

Topics:

• Aerodynamic Design: Application
• Aerodynamic Design: Methods and Techniques (joint session APA/MDO)
• Aerodynamic Flow Control: Analytical, Computational, and Experimental
• Aerodynamic Testing: Ground, Wind-Tunnel, and Flight Testing (joint session APA/GT)
• Aerodynamics of Inlets and Nozzles (joint session APA/HSABP/INPSI)
• Aero-Propulsive Interactions and Aerodynamics of Integrated Propeller Systems
• Airfoil/Wing/Configuration Aerodynamics (joint session APA/ACD)
• Applied Aeroelasticity and Fluid-Structure Interaction
• Applied CFD: External Aerodynamics
• Boundary-Layer Transition for Aerodynamic Applications
• CFD Methods for Aerodynamic Applications (joint session APA/FD)
• High- and Low-Speed Flows: Optical Diagnostics and Experimental Techniques (joint session APA/PDL)
• Hypersonic Aerodynamics (joint session APA/FD)
• Integrated (Digital and Physical) Collaborative Experimentation (joint GT/APA)
• Low Speed, Low Reynolds Number Aerodynamics
• Meshing, Geometry Modeling, and Visualization for Applied Aerodynamics (joint APA/MVCE)
• Missile/Projectile/Munition Aerodynamics, Carriage & Store Separation
• Propeller/Rotorcraft/Wind Turbine Aerodynamics
• Reduced Order Aerodynamics Modeling & System Identification
• Small/Medium Uncrewed, Bio-Inspired, and Solar Powered Aircraft Systems (joint session APA/TF)
• Special Session: Cavity Flow Effects on Stores and Store Separation
• Special Session: NATO AVT 387: Common Research Wind Tunnels for CFD Verification and Validation
• Special Session: NATO AVT 390: Prediction of Vortex Dominated Flows About Generic Missile Airframes
• Special Session: NATO STO Contributions to Applied Aerodynamics
• Unmanned Aerial Vehicles/Systems, and Micro Air Vehicles
• Unsteady Aerodynamics and Massively Separated Flows (joint session APA/FD)
• Verification, Validation, and Uncertainty in CFD and Testing (Joint FD/TP/APA)
• Other Topics in Applied Aerodynamics

Please direct questions to: 
Z. Charlie Zheng, Utah State University
Sam Lee, HX5, LLC/NASA Glenn Research Center

Papers are sought that provide the aerospace community with scientific and technical information concerning interactions between aerospace systems and the terrestrial, atmospheric, and space environment. In addition, new or refined information improving the basic understanding of the atmosphere or their applications to aviation and aerospace vehicle design and operations issues is solicited. For more information, please see Additional Details .

Students are encouraged to submit to the Atmospheric and Space Environments Student Paper Competition.

Topics:

• Aircraft Icing/Deicing
• Atmospheric Environments for Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) Operations
• Contrails
• Environmental Impacts to the National Airspace System
• Observations and Modeling of the Atmospheric Environment
• Wake Turbulence, and other Atmospheric Hazards to Aviation Operations

Please direct questions to: 
Husni Idris, NASA Ames Research Center
Vishwanath Bulusu, Crown Innovations Inc.

Aviation is experiencing a transformation. Novel aircraft technologies are poised to safely and efficiently transport people and goods in urban and rural settings, in addition to tranditional aircraft operations. To maximize utility, aviation needs to integrate effectively and seamlessly with other modes of transportation. The vision is to move beyond the gate-to-gate perspective towards a door-to door, passenger-centric approach. It requires the design of an ecosystem in which passengers and freight can transfer safely and efficiently among car, train, ferry, air taxi, and other modes with integrated end-to-end solutions. AAM presents an opportunity to accomplish this shift towards a total mobility perspective from the onset. New cross-cutting research (for both AAM and legacy aviation) is needed pertaining to infrastructure, logistics, operations, data fabrics, technologies and automation, security, seamlessness, and resilience. Papers are sought in topic areas listed below. Authors are also encouraged to submit papers on other innovative concepts and use cases related to integrating aviation in multi-modal transortation such as improving mobility for underserved communities, leveraging underutilized airports and infrastructure, improving access to healthcare and so on. Extended abstracts must clearly demonstrate preliminary objectives, approach, and results.

Topics:

• Airports as Mobility Hubs
• Energy Production and Dissemination Across Modes
• Integrating Aviation in Door-to-Door Solutions
• Passenger Oriented End-to-End Models
• Policy, Regulations and Economic Challenges to Integrating Air With Other Modes
• Resiliency Through Multimodal Solutions
• Seamlessness Across Modes
• Services for the Multimodal Ecosystem
• Services for the Multimodal Technology and Autonomy Enablers of Multimodality
• Testbeds for Multi-Modal Research

Please direct questions to: 
Prashant Khare, University of Cincinnati
Daniel Livescu, LANL

The CFD2030 Vision report laid out a bold vision for future computational capabilities and their potential impact on aerospace engineering and design, and recommended the establishment of Grand Challenges (GCs) in four areas: Large Eddy Simulation (LES) of a powered aircraft configuration across the full flight envelope, off-design turbofan engine transient simulation, Multi-Disciplinary Analysis and Optimization (MDAO) of a highly-flexible advanced aircraft configuration, and probabilistic analysis of a powered space access configuration. Since 2021, four GCs have been developed and published in key technical areas: high-lift aerodynamics (AIAA Paper 2021-0955), full engine simulation (2021-0956), CFD-in-the-loop for space vehicle design (2021-0957), and hypersonics (2024-0683). Under the CFD2030 topic, we are soliciting papers that address current efforts to advance CFD technology, to both highlight the current state-of-the-art and to help identify where technology advancements are needed or have been realized to make significant progress towards achieving the GCs, in the following areas:

• Advances in Uncertainty Quantification (UQ) with applications in Certification by Analysis
• AI and Machine Learning applications for improved predictive CFD and multidisciplinary simulations
• CFD algorithms and techniques for Quantum Computers
• CFD technology to predict aerodynamic characteristics at the edges of the flight envelope
• Integrating High Fidelity CFD Simulations and Data into the Digital Thread
• Propulsion related simulations toward Full Engine Simulation and Propulsion-Airframe Interaction

Please direct questions to: 
Krishna Sampigethaya, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

This track seeks papers that describe advances and challenges in protecting the safety, security, and continuity of the complex aviation and aerospace ecosystems. Relevant areas of interest include the security and privacy of, but are not limited to, the following: aircraft, UAS/UAM/AAM, and commercial space vehicles; avionics and control systems of aircraft; flight-critical software and data distribution; crew devices; CNS-ATM technologies; UTM; integrated vehicle health management; aeronautical and space networks; airport and airline networks and information technology; emerging applications of cloud computing, machine learning/artificial intelligence, cyber-physical systems, and Internet-of-Things in the aviation and aerospace ecosystems.

Students are encouraged to submit to the Cybersecurity Student Paper Competition.

Topics:

• Crew human factors and cybersecurity
• Cyber resilience and high assurance
• Cyber-related strategies, case studies, trends, and best practices
• Cybersecurity incident response and management
• Cybersecurity regulations and standards
• Emerging cyber threats and mitigations
• Flight and passenger privacy
• Machine learning and cybersecurity
• Safety, security, and cybersecurity
• Vulnerability assessments, penetration tests, and risk management

Please direct questions to: 
Gregory L. Roth, Air Force Research Laboratory
Ian Marks, Northrop Grumman

Papers are solicited on design engineering, design process, and design education in aerospace/related industries. Product-oriented papers should focus on innovative or distinctive concepts leading toward products that effectively satisfy requirements or demonstrate design efficiency improvement. Process-oriented papers should focus on process definition, architecture, and metrics applied to engineered products from exploratory design through detailed design, manufacturing, and service. Education-oriented papers should emphasize design in curriculum development, class content, or student design/build activities. Emerging technologies to enable collaborative design working within global digital environments, open-source design aids, engineering design guides, multi-disciplinary, multi-fidelity design optimization, innovative design processes, tools, and technologies applicable to any aerospace activity are desired. Novel coverage of more traditional disciplines of structural design, mechanical design, geometric design, aerodynamic/flight performance design, electrical/electromagnetic design, propulsion design, and aircraft/spacecraft design are welcome. Cutting-edge approaches employing computational intelligence/creativity, human-machine teaming concerns, AI/ML beyond surrogate modeling, model-based design, VR/AR, advanced digital technologies, etc. are strongly encouraged. For more information, please see Additional Details .

Topics:

• Advanced manufacturing, composites, adaptive structure design, topology opt., and rapid prototyping
• Advances in design education, K-12 STEAM initiatives, extended university curriculums (joint ACD/DE)
• Augmented agent intelligence, human-machine teaming, & other tech. synergies (joint DE/IS/SAT/TF)
• Creative design, emerging trends, new processes, and novel aerospace applications (joint DE/SAT/TF)
• Design ecosystems, AI/ML assisted design, digital env., knowledge-based approaches (joint DE/DGE/IS)
• Digital engineering, digital transformation, ecosystems, system models, digital twins (joint DE/DGE)
• Early design approaches for increasing -ilities and effectiveness-based design (joint DE/TF)
• Emerging design methods, tools, or processes, including model-based design & MBSE (joint DE/DGE/MST)
• Emerging processes for mission eng., trajectory design, & systems of systems contexts (joint DE/MDO)
• Multidisciplinary design, analysis, & optimization for robustness and reliability (joint ACD/DE/MDO)
• Multifunctional and multipurpose air and space systems design (joint ACD/DE)
• Uncertainty quantification, auto. differentiation, or stochastic processes in design

Please direct questions to: 
Olivia Pinon Fischer, Georgia Institute of Technology
John Matlik, Northrop Grumman Corporation

With emphasis being placed upon model-based engineering of aerospace systems, the concepts of the Digital System Model, the Digital Thread, and Digital Twin are emerging as a means to organize and control the data, models, and other information in the model-based engineering enterprise. The Digital Thread and Digital Twin, together with a Digital System Model, provide a means to digitally define, model, simulate, and manage a physical system and all its associated engineering models and data. The Digital Thread provides a framework for controlling data, information, and knowledge about a system. The Digital Twin is a multi-physics, multi-scale, probabilistic simulation of the physical system.

The DEIC will accelerate the integration of new and existing digital capabilities for improving National competitiveness, security and operational readiness. The DEIC is the ‘home’ for currently disparate digital activities (e.g. Digital Twin, Digital Thread, ICME, BIG DATA, etc.). The DEIC supports constitutent groups in AIAA for topics related to Digital Engineering. Through DEIC topics, AIAA members can employ in their home organizations methods to simplify maintenance and sustainment activities to reduce product costs, and help create environments to encourage the development of a digital culture.

Topics:

• Applications of AI for Digital Engineering
• CAE/HPC/ML/AI – Advances in CAE, HPC, ML/AI, and HW, SW, applications, and integrations
• Cultural aspects of Digital Engineering infusion/implementation
• DevSecOps – connectivity between DevSecOps / Digital System Model / Digital Ecosystem / MBSE
• Digital Certification and Airworthiness (joint DGE/DE/ACD)
• Digital Ecosystems – environment and infrastructure for interconnectivity between digital artifacts
• Digital System Model – A digital representation of a system which define all aspects of the system
• Digital Twins & Digital Thread
• Elements of Digital Engineering – Viewpoints about aggregation of elements
• Knowledge-Based Engineering applied to retention and reuse of engineering knowledge and data
• Model-Based Engineering – Product and environment digital twin simulations (Joint DGE/DE/MST)
• Sensor Fusion – Cyber/physical relationship between simulation and reality
• Uncertainty Quantification and Management in Digital Engineering and Digital Twins (joint DGE/NDA)
• Value of Digital Engineering – ROI associated with enterprise level digital transformations

Please direct questions to:
Vincent Shultz, NASA (Retired)
Gaudy Bezos-O’Connor, NASA

Please note: All Electric Aircraft Technologies papers will be presented within the AIAA EPATS – Electric Propulsion and Advanced Technologies Symposium (EPATS).

The continued evolution of electrification on aircraft systems has necessitated the technological development, design, evaluation, characterization, modeling, and integration of electrified aircraft components and systems. Pursuant to advancing this field, abstract submissions across various disciplinary areas ranging from enabling and core technologies, component design, novel aircraft concepts and systems, life cycle aspects & analysis, engineering design methods, modelling, tools and standards are sought. A more complete list is provided below.

Topics:

• Diagnostics and Predictive Analytics
• Electric Aircraft Design (Fixed & Rotary Wing) (Joint w/GA & Rotary Wing)
• Electric Aircraft Mission Ops considerations (Cost, Energy, Emissions) (Joint w/GA & Rotary Wing)
• Electrical Energy Generation, Storage, & Mgmt (Battery, Fuel Cell, Solar, Regen HYDROGEN, etc.)
• Flight Demonstration Effort Status and Results
• Flightworthiness and Aircraft Operations Considerations
• Power Electronics, Electric Machines & Drives
• Power Management, Distribution & High Voltage Considerations
• Superconducting & Cryogenic Systems & Components
• Sustainability of Electric, Hybrid Electric, and Fuel Cell Aircraft
• System Dynamics, Modeling & Control
• System Safety Analytics – Failure/Fault Mode Protection, Solid State Cntrl, Diagnostics/Modelling
• Testing/Flight Demonstration, Validation/Stds Development, to include approaches to Certification
• Thermal Management (Including High Temperature Electronics)

Please direct questions to:
Or Dantsker, Indiana University
Joaquim Dias, Auburn University

The Flight Testing Technical Committee invites papers that advance the art and science of flight testing and evaluation of aerospace vehicles and their associated systems, including fixed-wing aircraft, rotorcraft, UAVs, spacecraft, and emerging vehicle classes. Successful abstracts should address the testing of these vehicles in their natural environment in the context of research, development, certification, acceptance, or operational missions. Topics of interest include the application of new flight test techniques or innovative uses of classical methods; advances in instrumentation, data capture, and data handling; flight test methods for guidance, navigation, and control systems; flight testing of autonomous and intelligent aircraft systems, including embedded machine learning and decision-making algorithms; flight testing of electrically powered and novel-propulsion vehicles; in-space test techniques; integration of modeling and simulation into flight test campaigns; approaches to flight test education, training, and workforce development; new approaches to certification and compliance demonstration; and improved flying techniques for standard maneuvers and operational effectiveness. Authors are encouraged to highlight lessons learned from both planning and execution and to discuss the broader impacts of their work on the field of flight testing.

Topics:

• Advancements in eVTOL, Advanced Air Mobility (AAM), and Rotorcraft Flight Testing
• Advances in Flight Test Techniques, Instrumentation, Measurement, and Other Novel Approaches
• Flight Test Lessons Learning, including for Safety, Execution, and Certification
• Flight Testing Education, Training, and Workforce Development
• Flight Testing for Space Vehicles
• Flight Testing Guidance, Navigation, and Control Systems
• Flight Testing of Electrified and Solar-Powered Aircraft
• Flight Testing of Uncrewed/Autonomous Systems (joint FT/UAS)
• Flight Testing Results for both Manned and Unmanned Vehicles
• Flight Testing Systems with Intelligent Flight Controls
• Hypersonic and Supersonic Vehicle Integration and Flight Testing
• Transformative and Autonomous Systems Testing (joint FT/TF)
• Other Topics in Flight Testing

Please direct questions to: 
Eylül Bilgin, Stanford University
Paul Vijgen, Boeing (Retired)

Technical papers are solicited in the areas of computational, experimental, and theoretical fluid dynamics relevant to aerospace applications. Emphases should be on basic research and development, CFD algorithms and error analyses, and any other methodologies/approaches that rely heavily on (or expand) theoretical understanding. Applied research and advanced technology development topics will also be considered. Papers that present new insights into fluid flow physics, present new or analyses/evaluation of CFD algroithms, address emerging technical challenges, introduce innovative ideas and tools, promote interdisciplinary and synergistic research, or integrate experimental, computational, and/or theoretical approaches are strongly encouraged. Extended abstracts should consist of a comprehensive introduction, a description of the methodology, and preliminary results. Please click Additional Details  for more information.

Students are encouraged to submit to the Fluid Dynamics Student Paper Competition.

All persons submitting an abstract to this technical discipline are also invited to participate in the Flow Visualization Showcase.

Topics:

• Boundary Layer Transition Modeling and Applications
• CFD for Emerging HPC architectures
• CFD Methods for Applied Aerodynamics (joint with APA/MST)
• CFD methods for supersonic/hypersonic flows
• Convergence Acceleration in CFD
• Data-Driven Methods for CFD Modeling and Applications
• Exascale Computing Applications
• Flow Control Devices and Applications
• High-Order Methods: Spatial and Temporal Discretizations
• Hypersonic Aerodynamics (joint session APA)
• Industrial Applications
• Instrumentation and Diagnostic Techniques
• Low-Reynolds-Number and Bio-Inspired Flows
• Mesh Requirements for RANS/LES/Hybrid Methods (joint with MVCE)
• Meshing Strategies for CFD Applications
• Moving Meshes and Mesh Adaptation (joint with MVCE)
• Multidisciplinary Sensitivity Analysis and Optimization
• Multiphase Flows
• Multiphysics and Cross-Disciplinary Flows
• Novel CFD Algorithms and Analysis
• Reduced-order Modeling and Machine Learning for Fluid Dynamics and Aeroacoustics (joint with AA)
• Scale-resolving Simulation including DNS/LES/Hyrbid Methods
• Shock-Boundary Layer Interactions
• Shock-capturing/ Shock-fitting Methods
• Sonic Boom (joint with AA)
• Stability and Transition
• Supersonic/Hypersonic Flow Physics
• Theoretical Flow Physics
• Turbulence Modeling and Applications
• Turbulent Flows
• Unsteady Aerodynamics and Massively Separated Flows (joint with APA)
• Vortex Dynamics and Rotating Flows
• Wall-modeling for Turbulent Flows

Please direct questions to:
Suzanne Swaine, Purdue University
Nicholas Borer, NASA

Technical papers and oral presentations are requested in the area of General Aviation, broadly defined as aviation for nonscheduled personal or business use. Topics of interest include aircraft design, technology integration, airspace design/usage, safety, passenger experience, and other challenges associated with this type of travel, as well as novel designs, operations, infrastructure, and approaches to enable Advanced Air Mobility and Regional Air Mobility. Given the broad scope of General Aviation topics, papers may be jointly sponsored with other Technical Disciplines within the conference.

Topics:

• Advanced Air Mobility Integration within Multi-Modal Transportation Systems (joint MST/TF)
• Advanced Air Mobility Operations (LAM, UAM, RAM, Cargo) and Airspace Management (joint ATM/ATS/TF)
• Advances in Propulsion, Power, and Energy Systems to Enhance Advanced Air Mobility (joint TF, EATS)
• Approaches to Increase Affordability, Utility, and/or Experience of General Aviation Operations
• Design, Requirements, or Performance of General Aviation Concepts (joint with ACD)
• General Aviation Sustainability
• Improved Certification and Safety Assurance Approaches for Existing or New Concepts (joint with TF)
• Quantification/Improvement of General Aviation Safety through Analysis or New Technologies
• Simplified Operations/Autonomy for Existing and New Concepts (joint ATM/TF/UAS)
• Societal implications of supersonic passenger flight (joint with Supersonics & History)

Please direct questions to:
Denise Choi, General Atomics ASI
Matthew Bradley, Lockheed Martin

Submissions are solicited by the Ground Test Technical Committee on topics related to ground testing research, development, application, and administration. Topics may incorporate facility capabilities, test techniques, test instrumentation, and integration of computational fluid dynamics or flight test data. Submissions are welcome from all types of ground test facilities (aerodynamic, propulsion, space environments and systems, etc.) related to any and all speed regimes, Reynolds numbers, and physical scales. Topics on all aspects of test planning, execution, data review, and test and facility administration are encouraged. Please click Additional Details for more information. Specific topics include but are not limited to:

• Advances in Ground Testing: Aerodynamic, Propulsion, Structural, Acoustic, Thermal, & Environmental
• Data Acquisition & Reduction Tunnel to Tunnel: Canonical, Calibration, CRM, and Other Models
• Data Management and Model Based Engineering Integration in Ground Test Facilities
• Design, Development, Completion of New or Modified Ground Test Facilities
• Development, Application, and Validation of Flow Diagnostics for Use in Ground Test Facilities
• Developments in Instrumentation & Controls: Automation, Real-Time Visualization, & Test Efficiency
• Facility Management & Productivity: Improvement of Operational Efficiency, Cost Control, & Uptime
• Flow Quality, Data Quality, and Uncertainty Quantification
• Improvements and Advancements in Model Design, Analysis, and Manufacturing
• Joint Session APA/GT: Aerodynamic Testing: Ground, Wind-Tunnel, and Flight Testing
• Model-Based Engineering (MBE) Integration: Enabling Consistent Data Across Teams
• Novel and Emerging Applications in Ground Testing
• Real-Time Facility Control Systems, Data Acquisition, Processing, and Presentation
• Integrated (Digital & Physical) Collaborative Experimentation: CFD Validation Techniques & Processes
• Then to Now; History and Evolution of Wind Tunnel Tests
• Tomorrow’s Wind Tunnel Tests in the age of Big Data and AI
• Use of Additive Manufacturing Techniques in Models & Ground Test Facilities
• Wind Tunnel Models & Test Techniques: Inlets, Rotorcraft, High Lift, Store Separation, & Propulsion

Please direct questions to:
Ragini Acharya, University of Tennessee
Friedolin Strauss, DLR

Technical papers are sought for fundamental research and applied development efforts that advance the state of the art in high-speed, air-breathing propulsion. Topics in numerical analysis, theoretical development including model-based system engineering, ground test, flight test, and uncertainty quantification are desired. Papers should be relevant to the development, analysis, optimization, or integration of scramjets, ramjets, pressure-gain combustors for high-speed applications, and their components (e.g. inlets, isolators, combustors, injectors, and nozzles).

Topics:

• Additive Manufacturing Techniques, Including Thermal-Mechanical Material Characterization
• Advanced Diagnostics for High-Speed, High-Enthalpy Flows
• Chemical Mechanisms or Thermal Models for New Fuels, Including Reduced Models
• Developments in Ground Test Facilities and Techniques
• Experiments and Simulations in Fuel Injection, Mixing, and Flameholding
• Flight Experiments, Including Mission Architectures and Measurement Techniques
• Flowpath and Component Optimization and Performance Prediction
• Inlets, Nozzles, and Propulsion System Integration for High-Speed Systems (Joint HSABP/INPSI)
• Modeling and Simulation Development, Including Efforts in Model-Based Systems Engineering
• Pulse and Rotating Detonation Engines for High-Speed Applications (Joint HSABP/PGC)
• Solid-Fuel Ramjet Development
• Turbine- or Rocket-Based and Other Combined-Cycle Concepts
• Uncertainty Quantification and Propagation

Please direct questions to:
Timothy Takahashi, Arizona State University (retired)
Samuel Atchison, Air Force Institute of Technology

Aviation History encompasses all aspects of the aviation enterprise and community. Papers are solicited that trace the evolution of flight focusing on topics and subtopics within the Aeronautics domain, particularly if they offer new perspectives, case studies, and lessons learned. The desire is to preserve records and artifacts of major scientific and technological developments such that their political, economic, and social effects may be understood and evaluated.

Topics:

• Case Studies and Summary Histories of Production and Prototype Aircraft
• Historical Perspectives on Advanced Manufacturing and Materials
• History of Aerospace Best Practices, and Advanced System Engineering Tools
• History of Aerospace Pioneers especially those neglected, unknown or unappreciated
• History of Autonomy/AI/Machine Learning
• History of concern over Carbon Emissions and Sustainability (Clean Sky, Electric Aircraft)
• History of the influence of the academic community upon the evolution of aviation
• Military History and its relationship with advances in aviation technology
• Social, cultural, and transnational impact of flight on nations and the global community
• Summary Histories on Aircraft Certification

Please direct questions to:
Eric Chancey, NASA
Terry Morris, NASA

Papers are sought that address theoretical, analytical, simulated, experimental, or implementation results related to aerospace applications for advances in human machine teaming where the paper can focus on one of three genernal elements: the human, the machine, and interactions and interdependencies between them.  Concepts regarding human physiology, psychology, human factors, cognitive models, and human performance that support aspects of human machine teaming are of interest. Additionally, concepts regarding artificial intelligence, explainable AI (xAI),  machine learning, modeling, feature engineering (e.g., biosignal processing), and human-machine interfaces, which support the mapping of the human to the machine, the interaction with the machine, elucidates trust, and other facets of the human machine system are all topic areas of focus.

Topics:

• Cognitive Modeling
• Decision Support Analystics
• Human Autonomy Function Allocation
• Human Factors
• Human Machine Interaction (HMI)
• Human Performance
• Human Physiology and Medicine within Aerospace Applications
• Human Psycho-Physiology in Aerospace Applications
• Machine Learning and AI/xAI within HMT
• Non-traditional HMI interfaces
• Trust and Trustworthiness in Cyper Physical (Human) Systems

Please direct questions to:
James Braun, North Carolina State University

Integration of advanced and innovative propulsion systems, especially inlets, nozzle and thrust reverser systems, has received renewed interest in recent years owing to increased integration requirements for airframe concepts, engine technologies, and system level requirements. More efficient propulsion system designs and technology are being investigated that allow gains in air-breathing aircraft performance and operability. In addition to inlets and exhausts, there is interest in secondary systems and thermal systems that enable new propulsive capabilities and increased system performance.

Topics:

• Aerodynamics of Inlets and Nozzles (joint with APA and HSABP)
• Boundary Layer Ingesting Inlet Design, Integration, and Performance
• Inlet/Exhaust System Design, Integration, Performance, and/or Operability
• Inlets and Nozzles for High-Speed Systems (joint with HSAB)
• Inlets and Nozzles for Pressure Gain Combustion Systems (joint with PGC)
• Integration of Secondary Power Systems and Impact on Performance
• Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul Technologies, Health Monitoring and Prognostics
• Optimization of Propulsion System Design and Integration
• Power/Thermal Management Systems Integration
• Propulsion System Integration for High-Speed Propulsion Applications (joint with HSAB)
• S-Duct Inlet Design and Fan Distortion Effects
• Supersonic Inlet Design, Integration, and Performance
• System Integration for Hybrid Electric Propulsion
• Technologies and Integration for Sustainable Aviation
• Transformative Propulsions Systems to Reduce CO2 Emissions (joint INPSI/TF)
• Unducted Fan and Propeller Design, Performance, and Analysis

Please direct questions to:
Chetan S. Kulkarni, NASA
Tejas Puranik, Boeing

Submissions are sought in all areas of application of Intelligent System (IS) technologies and methods to aerospace systems, the verification and validation of these systems, and the education of AIAA membership in the use of IS technologies in aerospace and other technical disciplines. Systems of interest include both military and commercial aerospace systems and those ground systems that are part of test, development, or operations of aerospace systems. Technologies that enable autonomy (i.e. safe and reliable operation with minimal or no human intervention) as well as collaborative human-machine teaming in complex aerospace systems/sub-systems are of interest. These include, but are not limited to: autonomous and expert systems; discrete planning/scheduling algorithms; intelligent data/image processing, learning, and adaptation techniques; data fusion and reasoning; and knowledge engineering. The application of such technologies to problems that highlight advanced air mobility, certification, carbon emissions/sustainability, space traffic management, and cislunar operations are of particular interest. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Adaptive and Intelligent Outer Loop Control Systems
• Autonomous Systems
• Formal Methods in Aerospace Engineering
• Guidance and Navigation in Intelligent Systems (joint with GNC)
• Human – Automation Interaction/Teaming
• Learning, Reasoning, and Data Driven Systems
• Probabilistic and Rule-Based Systems
• Sensor Fusion and Systems Health Management (SHM)
• Trusted Autonomy

Please direct questions to: 
Chinmay Patel

Interest in the potential of lighter-than-air (LTA) systems to meet modern requirements continues to grow as the cost and limitations of conventional aircraft transportation infrastructures increase. Major advances are also being made in the development of key enabling technologies essential to the creation and operation of long endurance, unmanned LTA systems. Automation and Autonomous Systems have come to maturity that now makes autonomous LTA systems feasible.

Added incentive to airship and aerostat development comes from the worldwide concern over the negative environmental effects of jet aircraft on the global climate. LTA systems have become the subject of renewed interest due to their unique qualities of low energy (propulsion) needs and significant static lift which holds potential for both Government and commercial missions. New hybrid LTA systems which incorporate a substantial degree of dynamic lift also offer great promise for providing additional air transportation services and access to remote regions.

The LTA Technical Committee is soliciting papers that include, but are not limited to the following topic areas:

• Analytical Studies, Modeling, and Simulation of LTA Systems
• Automation and Autonomous Systems
• Current and Planned LTA Projects and Technologies
• Hybrid LTA Systems
• LTA Cargo Transport Concepts
• LTA Operations and Ground Support
• Manufacturing and Material for LTA Systems
• Markets and Market Analysis
• Missions and Concept of Operations (CONOPS) Analysis
• Stratospheric Airships
• Tethered Aerosat Developments
• Unmanned LTA Systems

Please direct questions to:
Ryan Durocher, Northrop Grumman Corporation
Nitin Bhagat, University of Dayton Research Institute

You are invited to present both innovative and mature technologies, as well as explore opportunities and challenges in the field of computational modeling and simulation. This includes all aspects of the pre- and post-processing toolchains. Special consideration will be given to efforts with significant impact in the domains of Aeronautics, Astronautics, and Research & Development (R&D). Joint sessions will be organized to encourage collaborative interaction. Sessions will focus on the following four key areas:

• Geometry: detection of imperfections in geometry models; generation of analysis-specific representations from a central repository; efficient representations for additive manufacturing; and geometry systems designed for high-performance computing (HPC) environments.
• Meshing: structured, unstructured, hybrid, and overset meshes; deforming and moving configurations; adaptive meshing techniques, including error estimation and uncertainty quantification; high-order and exascale meshes; grid quality metrics.
• Visualization: new graphical representations; automated feature detection and knowledge extraction; visualization of higher-order grids and solutions; and automated workflows and toolchains for exascale post-processing.
• Computational Environments: automated workflows for analysis and design; mesh and analysis storage; and HPC driven frameworks and workflows.

All persons submitting an abstract to this technical discipline are also invited to participate in the Flow Visualization Showcase.

Subtopics:

• Adaptive Meshing, Error Estimation, and Uncertainty Quantification
• Automated Workflows and Frameworks for Engineering Analysis and Design
• Geometry Modeling and Meshing Techniques to Support Optimization
• Geometry Modeling, Visualization Technologies, Feature Detection, and Knowledge Extraction
• High-Order Mesh Generation and Adaptation
• Mesh Generation Methods for Structured, Unstructured and Overset Meshes
• Mesh Requirements for RANS/LES/Hybrid Methods
• Meshes for Complex Aircraft Configuration
• Meshing, Geometry Modeling, and Visualization for Applied Aerodynamics (joint MVCE/APA)
• Visualization and Knowledge Extraction of Large Data Sets

Please direct questions to: 
Nirmit Prabhakar, Argonne National Laboratory
Steve Walstrom, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics

The scope of the Modeling and Simulation Technologies (MST) discipline encompasses modeling and simulation (M&S) of aerospace vehicles in a system or system of systems context (e.g., flight simulators, airspace simulations, space operations simulations, systems analysis). A paper that solely covers M&S methods for a single engineering discipline like structures or propulsion should be submitted to that discipline. At each conference, members of the MST Technical Committee sit in the audience and judge all presentations as the first step of their selection of the best paper at the conference. The papers associated with the best presentations in each session will be evaluated further. The best overall paper will be awarded at the conference the following year and the winners receive a cash award. Please click Additional Details for more information.

Students are encouraged to submit to the Modeling and Simulation Technologies Student Paper Competition.

Topics:

• Advanced Air Mobility Integration within Multi-Modal Transportation Systems (joint GA/MST/TF)
• Advanced Modeling and Simulation Techniques
• CFD Methods for Aerodynamics Applications (joint session APA/FD/MST)
• Design, Development, Testing, and Validation of X-in-the-Loop Simulations
• Digital Twins for Aerospace Systems
• Emerging design methods, tools, or processes, including model-based design & MBSE (joint DE/DGE/MST)
• Modeling and Simulation for Aerospace Cybersecurity
• Modeling and Simulation for Multi-Modal Transportation Systems
• Modeling and Simulation of Air and Space Vehicle Dynamics, Systems, and Environments
• Operation and Certification Using Modeling and Simulation
• Simulator Hardware and Facilities

Please direct questions to: 
Laura Mainini, Imperial College London
Rhea Liem, Imperial College London

For decades, the Multidisciplinary Design Optimization (MDO) Technical Committee has been bringing together industry professionals, government experts, and academics to present and discuss the latest advances in multidisciplinary design, analysis, and optimization. The MDO Technical Committee invites technical papers demonstrating theoretical advancements or novel applications in design optimization for aerospace vehicles or their components. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to, uncertainty quantification, multi-fidelity analysis methods, and machine learning approaches within both multidisciplinary and single-discipline design optimization.

Students are encouraged to submit to the Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Student Paper Competition.

Subtopics:

• Aerodynamic Design: Methods and Techniques (joint session APA/MDO)
• Aeroelastic and Aerostructural Optimization
• Aircraft Design Optimization (joint session ACD/MDO)
• Emerging Methods, Algorithms, and Software Development in MDO
• Emerging processes for mission engineering, trajectory design & systems of systems (with ASE/DE/MDO)
• Industry MDO Applications: Barriers, Gaps, and Solutions
• Machine Learning and AI-driven Approaches in MDO
• Metamodeling, Reduced-Order Modeling, and Approximation Methods for MDO
• Multidisciplinary analysis and optimization for design reliability and robustness (joint ACD/DE/MDO)
• Multidisciplinary Sensitivity Analysis and Optimization (joint session MDO/APA/FD)
• Multi-fidelity Methods for MDO
• Non-deterministic Design Methods and Applications
• Special/Invited Session: MDO for Sustainable Aviation
• Special/Invited Session:Topology Optimization for Aerospace Structures

Please direct questions to: 
Ciprian Dumitrache, Colorado State University
Hongtao Zhong, Michigan State University

The Plasmadynamics and Lasers (PDL) Technical Committee invites submissions of original research articles, review papers, and short communications describing experimental, computational, and theoretical advances in plasma and laser science as applied to aerospace systems. Submissions highlighting novel concepts, innovative diagnostics, advanced modeling approaches, and interdisciplinary applications are especially encouraged. Topics of interest include both fundamental investigations of plasma and laser processes, as well as their practical implementation in propulsion, flow control, energy conversion, and aerospace system design. The PDL also welcomes comprehensive state-of-the-art reviews and historical perspectives that shed light on the evolution of plasma and laser technologies in aerospace.

Students are encouraged to submit to the Plasmadynamics and Lasers Student Paper Competition.

All persons submitting an abstract to this technical discipline are also invited to participate in the Flow Visualization Showcase

Topics:

• AI/ML for Plasma and Laser Systems (data-driven modeling, digital twins, ML for laser diagnostics)
• Astronautical & Space Plasmas (Rarefied Plasma Flow, Space Plasmas, Dusty Plasmas, etc.)
• Computational Methods (Plasma-Flow Coupling Simulation, Particle Simulation, etc.)
• Diagnostics & Experimental Techniques (Plasma & Flow Characterization, New Facilities, etc.)
• Directed Energy Applications (Directed energy for communications, detection, etc)
• Plasma & Laser Physics (Basic Processes, Plasma Kinetics/Dynamics, MHD, etc.)
• Plasma Aerodynamic Flow Control (DBD-Based Flow Actuation, Active Flow/Shock Wave Control, etc.)
• Plasma and Laser Propulsion (Thrusters, Beamed Energy, Spacecraft Interactions)
• Plasma/Laser Devices and Technologies in Aerospace (Engineering, Material Processing, Dual-Use)
• Plasma-Assisted Ignition and Combustion
• Plasma–Surface and Laser–Material Interactions (TPS ablation, plasma surface catalysis & erosion)

Please direct questions to: 
Jordan Larson, University of Alabama

Papers are sought that address theoretical, analytical, simulated, experimental, or implementation results related to aerospace applications for sensor systems, information and sensor fusion, and autonomous sensing resource management. Advances in the fusion of sensor networks, cooperative sensing, autonomy, and multi-system collaboration are of particular interest. Additionally, advanced sensors, sensors for situational awareness, and new sensor designs and/or sensor hardware are encouraged subtopic focus areas.

Topics:

• Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning
• Autonomous Sensing Resource Management
• Fusion/Integration of Sensor Networks
• Identification and Situational Awareness
• Joint All-Domain Operations (JADO)
• Multi-Sensor Experimentation
• Novel Sensors for Aerospace Applications
• Sensor Systems for Harsh Environments
• UAV Sensors and Systems
• Other Topics in Sensor Systems and Information Fusion

Please direct questions to: 
John Hays, Hays Research, LLC
Hannah Stroud, Sandia National Laboratory

The Society and Aerospace Technology Outreach Committee (SAT OC) is soliciting papers for Aviation 2026, that examine the societal benefits of aerospace technologies/products, as well as the relationship between aerospace and society, culture, and the arts. Of general  interest, SAT OC welcomes papers that examine ethics in aerospace, popular culture Influences from aerospace technology, governance, group dynamics in isolated communities, and societal consequences and issues derived from aerospace technology and policy.

Topics:

• Augmented Agent Intelligence, Human-Machine Teaming, and Other Technology Synergies (with DE/TF)
• Creative Design, Emerging Trends, New Processes, and Novel Aerospace Applications (with DE/TF)
• Implication to the Supersonic Flyer, Adoption, Jet Setting, Balancing Risk/Opportunity (with SPSN)
• Societal Impacts and Policy Implications of UAS/UTM Integrated Operations (with ATS/ATM)
• Societal Implications on Adoption and Reliance on Autonomous Air Mobility (with AAM/UAS)
• Unexpected, High Impact Societal Benefits Derived from Aviation Innovation

Please direct questions to:
Sahil Patel, Boom Supersonic
Darcy Allison, Aduriz
Lori Ozoroski, NASA

Technical sessions for supersonics research are sponsored by the Supersonics Integration and Outreach Committee. Innovative research contributions related to the application of civil supersonic flight vehicles are solicited. Papers and oral-presentations (without paper) are solicited. Areas of interest include but are not limited to:

• Aerodynamic Performance
• Aeroelasticity
• Air-Traffic Management/Integration of Supersonic Vehicles
• Application of MDAO to Supersonic Vehicle Design
• Community Noise
• Conceptual Design Methods
• Economics/Market Study
• Engine Design and Integration for Civil Supersonic Aircraft
• Environmental Impact, Including High Altitude Emissions
• Ground/Flight Testing
• History of Supersonics
• Innovative Technologies
• Low-Boom Design
• Low-Speed Operations
• Manufacturing
• Materials
• Modeling and Simulation
• Policy
• Special Session: Societal Implications of Supersonic Passenger Flight
• Structures
• Other Topics in Supersonics

Please direct questions to:
Tarek Abdel-Salam, East Carolina University
Aditya Shukla, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The need to foster sustainability across the aerospace industry is becoming increasingly recognized, owing to the inability of conducting business-as-usual in perpetuity. Achieving this goal will require significant developments in aerospace technologies, climate and natural sciences, operational strategies, policy and regulation, supply chain and infrastructure, as well as other related areas. Papers are requested that advance the state of understanding and application in engineering, policy, society, economics, and the environment in relation to aerospace vehicles and operations.

Students are encouraged to submit to the Sustainability Student Paper Competition.

Topics:

• Aerospace vehicle emission (CO2 and non-CO2) impacts on the biosphere
• Aerospace vehicle end-of-life, recycling, repurposing, or reuse
• Business/economic benefits and challenges of aerospace systems
• Design for sustainability (vehicle, system, or operations)
• Life cycle and technoeconomic analysis of aerospace vehicle operations
• Military sustainability and system sustainment
• Novel aerospace vehicle technologies, systems, and concept of operations
• Novel power and energy systems for sustainability
• Policy and regulatory impacts on aerospace sustainability
• Social sustainability impacts of aerospace
• Other topics in sustainable aviation
• Other topics in sustainable space

Please direct questions to: 
Amit Pandey, Lockheed Martin Space Systems
Eldad Avital, Queen Mary, University of London
Ying Zheng, University of Western Ontario

Technical papers are sought that address research, technology development, and the implementation of fuels and fuel power and propulsion systems for both aerospace and terrestrial applications. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Students are encouraged to submit to the Terrestrial Eneregy Systems Student Paper Competition.

• Advances in Renewable Energy
• Alternative Fuels, Novel Pathways, and Novel Combustion Concepts
• Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning in Energy Systems
• Carbon Capture, sequestration, Storage, Utilization and Sustianability
• Certification of Fuels
• Clean Fuels, Energy, and Value Added Products from Multi-Sources (Biomass, Waste, Solar, Wind etc.)
• Combined Heat and Power with Ultra-Low Emissions of Pollutants
• Combustors, Micro-Combustors, Turbines, Advanced Cycles & Designs
• Energy Management and Green Infrastructure
• Fire, Super-Critical Combustion
• Hybrid Power/Propulsion Concepts, Modeling and Systems
• Hydrogen, Ammonia, and other Hydrogen Carrier Fuels and the Powered Systems
• Policy, Environmental, and Historical Perspectives of Fossil/Renewable-Fuel Power Technologies
• Pollution and Chemical Kinetics, CO2 Use for Fuels and Value Added Products
• Other Topics in Terrestrial Energy

Please direct questions to: 
Sung Min Jo, University of Central Florida
Diane Pytel, Lockheed Martin (Retired)
Jason Rabinovitch, Stevens Institute of Technology

The 14th AIAA Thermophysics and Heat Transfer Conference continues a 56-year tradition for the AIAA Thermophysics Technical Committee (TPTC). Abstracts for topics in thermophysics and heat transfer are solicited on topics related to all aspects of thermal energy and heat transfer and their related aerospace applications for aviation and space flight. Contributions based on analytical, numerical and/or experimental studies are welcomed as are timely survey and review articles. Finally, special session and ITAR session topics and ideas are welcomed and encouraged–please contact one of the three Technical Chairs listed below if you would like to help organize a special session.

All persons submitting an abstract to this technical discipline are also invited to participate in the Flow Visualization Showcase.

Topics:

• Ablation: Modeling, Experiments, and Applications
• Advanced Thermal Management Technology Development and Validation
• Aerothermodynamics and Thermal Protection Systems
• AI/ML, V&V/UQ and MBSE with respect to thermophysics
• Application of Local or Global Optimization Techniques in Modeling of Heat Transfer Applications
• Cryogenics and Extreme Environments
• Fundamentals of Ice Formation and De-Icing
• Heat Transfer Enhancement and Energy Harvesting
• Heat Transfer in Cooling, Heating, and Power Generation Systems
• Heat Transfer=Chemically Reacting, Explosive, UV +/or Corrosive Medium, Multicomponent Plasma proc.
• Mini-, Micro-, Nano-, and Multi-Scale Heat Transfer
• Multiphase, Droplets, Jets, Sprays, Heat Pipes, and Two-Phase Heat Transfer
• Nonequilibrium Flow Physics and CFD (joint TP/FD)
• Spacecraft Thermal Control and Thermophysics in Spacecraft Applications
• Theoretical and Computational Heat Transfer: Conduction, Convection, Radiation, and Phase Change
• Thermal Management and Thermal Control: Applications, Best Practices, and Lessons Learned
• Topics in Heat Pipes
• Transport Properties and Thermophysical Properties
• Verification, Validation, and Uncertainty in CFD and Testing (joint APA/FD/TP)

Please direct questions to:
Siddhartha Krishnamurthy, NASA
Cedric Justin, Georgia Tech Institute of Technology

Transformational Flight seeks technical papers addressing new research about crewed and uncrewed aircraft concepts; market, operations and airspace integration considerations for these concepts; and enabling technologies. Domains of application include low altitude mobility (LAM), urban air mobility (UAM) and regional air mobility (RAM), collectively known as Advanced Air Mobility (AAM), as well as civil supersonic and hypersonic operations. Topics of interest include: Airspace integration and routing (AAM, supersonics) — Vehicle and powertrain configuration and analysis — SSTOL, STOL, and VTOL aircraft systems — Electric, hybrid-electric, and hydrogen propulsion integration (components, systems, architecture) — Autonomous systems and contributing technologies — Market studies and concepts of operations (AAM, supersonics) — Transformational operation considerations (AAM, supersonics) — Ground-support infrastructure (vertiport, STOLport, electric and hydrogen ecosystem) — Multi-modal integration with other modes (road, rail, maritime, other existing air transportation systems — Environmental and sustainability considerations (AAM, supersonics) — Societal impacts (public good, human response,…) — Applying artificial intelligence to aeronautics — Other challenges related to the operations of transformational vehicles may be submitted.

Topics:

• Advanced Air Mobility Concept of Operations and Market Studies (UAM, RAM, LAM, cargo)
• Advanced Air Mobility Aircraft Design, Concepts, Testing, and Contributing Tech (joint AD)
• Advanced Air Mobility Integration within Multi-Modal Transportation Systems (joint GA/MST)
• Advanced Air Mobility Operations (LAM, UAM, RAM, Cargo) and Airspace Management (joint ATM/GA/ATS)
• Advances in Propulsion, Power, and Energy Systems to Enhance Advanced Air Mobility (joint GA/EAT)
• Applying artificial intelligence to human-machine teaming and aircraft design (joint with DE)
• Ground Support Infrastructure for Electrified AAM (electric grid, hydrogen, vertiport, STOLport)
• Improved Certification and Safety Assurance Approaches for Existing or New Concepts (joint GA)
• Integration of Supersonic Operations within the Airspace (routing, noise,…) (joint SSPN)
• Simplified Operations and Autonomy for Advanced Air Mobility (joint ATM/GA/UAS)
• Small/Medium Uncrewed, Bio-Inspired, and Solar Powered Aircraft Systems Concepts (joint UAS/APA)
• Supersonic and Hypersonic Vehicle Design, Concept of Operations, and Market Studies (joint SPSN)
• Transformative and Autonomous Systems Testing (joint FT)
• Transformative Propulsions Systems to Reduce CO2 Emissions (joint INPSI)
• VTOL and STOL Vehicle Design, Analysis, and CONOPS for Advanced Air Mobility (joint AD/VSTOL)

Please direct questions to: 
Srikanth Gururajan, Saint Louis University
Anaiya Reliford, Howard University

Integration of technical and operational areas enabling uncrewed systems domain. Areas include autonomous, automated, and intelligent systems, and remote operations. Composing domains include design (SW/HW/Data), machine intelligence, CONOPs (e.g., AAM), operational aspects, certification, and regulation. The focus of the submissions must be on the underlying principles, models, algorithms, and governing equations.

Students are encouraged to submit to the Uncrewed and Autonomous Systems Student Paper Competition.

Topics:

• Air Traffic Management for Advanced Aircraft Concepts (joint Transformational Flight TC)
• Autonomous Mission Management Concepts & Technologies
• Autonomous Systems and Capabilities for Uncrewed, Deep Space Missions
• Autonomous Task and System Integration
• Autonomy for Advanced Air Mobility Systems
• Certification Concepts for Increasingly Autonomous Systems
• Flight Testing of Uncrewed/Autonomous Systems (joint Flight Testing TC)
• Machine Intelligence and Software defined Hardware
• Novel Concepts and Applications for Uncrewed/Autonomous Systems
• Optimizing the Human Crew-Machine Relationship (joint with HMT TC)
• Sensors and Data Systems for Uncrewed/Autonomous Systems
• Systems Design and Optimization for Uncrewed/Autonomous System

Please direct questions to:
Patrick Donovan, Schneider Electric
Nick Orenstein, HStar Space Transport

Technical papers are requested in the area of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP). Topics of interest include how to detect, characterize, and evaluate UAP; UAP reporting system design, implementation, and analysis; design and application of data analytics and AI models for UAP detection/evaluation; aerospace industry and governmental policy recommendations related to UAP; and collaborative approaches to address challenges of UAP. Note, all abstracts will be evaluated by qualified individuals from industry, academia, and/or government.

Topics:

• Detection, Characterization, and Evaluation (Hardware Factors)
• Policy Recommendations and Collaborative Strategies
• Reporting and Occupational Health Frameworks (Human Factors)
• Other Topics in Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena