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AIAA has just dropped the first episode of its new interview and storytelling podcast: Up Next with Clay Mowry.

AAM could expand passenger and cargo transportation through novel aircraft serving urban, suburban, and rural communities. Its success…

AIAA is now accepting technical paper abstracts and session proposals for AIAA AVIATION Forum 2027, spanning more…

When we talk about aerospace in America, we talk about our great past achievements. We talk about the opportunities…

Join us for this free lecture on 5 October 2026, “Rotorcraft – The New Frontier in Extraplanetary Exploration,” from Marilyn Smith…

We can now generate software faster than we can believe it. Generative AI is not autonomy. It does not give a system authority…

There are many reasons Houston is known around the world as Space City™. During the official site visit for AIAA’s bid to host the 80th…

Over the summer, AIAA launched a Digital Thread Working Group to respond to current priorities and challenges identified by Corporate…

Connect with aerospace experts from around the world, contribute your expertise, and help shape the future of the industry.

Help recognize the individuals making a lasting impact on the aerospace industry. Nominate a peer, colleague, or team for an AIAA Premier, Technical, or Lectureship…

AIAA Technical Committees (TCs) and Aerospace Integrated Engagement Committees (IECs) form the backbone of AIAA’s technical…

The Seaplane Working Group held a soft-launch event at AIAA AVIATION Forum 2026 to generate attendee and member interest in seaplane…

The Hampton Roads Section Young Professionals Committee hosted FSU/FAMU robotics professor Christian Hubicki for an invited…

Gerald “Gerry” F. Marsters who served as president of CASI and helped shape the conversations Canadians were having about the future of aviation at the time…

At the 8th Annual Materials Startup Panel, a diverse trio of founders and executives peeled back the curtain on the high-stakes world…

In the arena of space exploration, the “Valley of Death” – the chasm between technology development and operational deployment…

AIAA proudly returned as a sponsoring partner of the International Rocket Engineering Competition (IREC), hosted by the Experimental…

In the high-pressure arena of modern defense acquisition, speed often clashes with complexity. At a session during AIAA SciTech…

The U.S. government faces a stark paradox: it is desperately hungry for innovation yet constrained by a regulatory framework designed for a Cold War industrial…

In mid-June, AIAA Melbourne Section’s Kaja Antlej, Senior Lecturer (Industrial Design) & XR Researcher at Deakin University, presented…

In celebration of National Intern Day, AIAA is highlighting the students who have spent this summer working alongside the staff supporting…

From the X-15 to the X-59, an AIAA member has had a hand in developing and testing every X-Plane that has ever flown. This reflects…

From the X-15 to the X-59, an AIAA member has had a hand in developing and testing every X-Plane that has ever flown. This reflects who we are: aerospace professionals, united by a relentless…

Leaders from JetZero, Joby Aviation, and Mach Industries urged faster pathways to field dual-use aerospace technologies at…

At AIAA AVIATION Forum 2026, Amy Pritchett, head of the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Penn State University, challenged…

Gregory Roth, incoming chair of AIAA’s new Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Aerospace Applications Working Group and aerospace engineer…

AIAA has more than 270 student branches, including over 60 international student branches, and a total active membership…

Louis A. Povinelli, one of the world’s foremost authorities on jet engine and rocket propulsion…

Air Force leaders and industry partners working on the Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) Program said at the AIAA AVIATION Forum…

At AIAA Regional Student Conferences students present their research in a formal technical meeting atmosphere, as well as exchanging…

Hydrogen offers a great potential to commercialize zero emission aviation and fuel, using up to ~1/3 less energy and…

AIAA sections are where the action happens. Each section offers technical programs and activities tailored to local aerospace….

Six companies gathered at an ISS National Laboratory technical session at ASCEND 2026 to describe their progress in….

The Institute is seeking nominations by 5 August 2026 for the following positions: AIAA President-Elect, Board of Trustees Members–At-Large…

At the most recent Spring Business Meeting in May 2026, the Council of Directors approved the reorganization and renaming of the…

READ awarded 4 Special Service Citations last week at their spring business meeting.

Antony Jameson, a Texas A&M University professor in both aerospace engineering and ocean engineering, died 11 June, at the age of 91.

The growth of the Aviation in Multimodal Transportation Aerospace Integrated Engagement Committee has been exciting…

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has issued a proposed rule titled “Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance.”

The United States has never lacked aviation innovators. From the Wright brothers to modern commercial aviation, American…

In April, the AIAA University of Michigan Student Branch welcomed over 150 attendees for the AIAA Region III Student Conference.

In 1976, when America celebrated its 200th birthday, the Apollo program was in the rearview mirror. The Space Shuttle was…

In observance of the July 4th Holiday, we will not publish on Friday, 3 July. Service will resume on Monday, 6 July.

If you’re building a space startup, be ready for difficult fundraising cycles, lengthy government sales processes, and hiring decisions…

As AIAA programming is traditionally led by engineers with the inclusion of other members of the stakeholder ecosystem, Ashira…

The Institute was named a finalist in PR Daily’s 2026 Marketing Awards for two initiatives: its brand relaunch and the redesign of Aerospace America’s…

Ava Crowder, a high school junior in Virginia, has conducted research on a rust-eating bacteria to determine how it might perform in…

AIAA and Thunderbird School of Global Management at Arizona State University (Thunderbird) announced the launch of the Global Space…

Electric aviation may have proven it can fly, but whether it can scale is now the central question, according to industry…

The Institute is requesting technical briefings for AIAA DEFENSE Forum 2027. Share your ideas and contribute to shaping the 2027…