Welcome to AIAA SciTech Forum—the premier aerospace R&D event of the year exploring the science, technologies, and capabilities that are transforming aerospace.

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About AIAA SciTech Forum

AIAA SciTech Forum is the world's largest event for aerospace research, development, and technology, showcasing breakthrough science, revolutionary technologies, and generation-after-next capabilities. The 2025 forum theme, "Energize the Future," reflects the current shift in the aerospace industry: envisioning and enabling new means of transportation and exploration that will revolutionize our society, achieving sustainability goals, developing and applying new and improved software and hardware tools, and promoting inclusivity. It also champions the legacy of our community: tackling hard challenges and pushing boundaries to achieve the art of the (im)possible.
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Featured Speakers

Alexis Bonnell

Alexis Bonnell
Chief Information Officer and Director, Digital Capabilities Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory

Bryan Dorland

Bryan Dorland
Principal Director for Space Technology, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Critical Technologies

Umut Durak

Umut Durak
Head of Avionics Systems, German Aerospace Center (DLR) Institute of Flight Systems; Adjunct Professor of Aeronautical Informatics, Clausthal University of Technology Informatics Institute

James Hinds

James Hinds
Vice President, Space Program Management, Airbus U.S. Space and Defense

Kristin Houston

Kristin Houston
President, Space Propulsion and Power Systems, Aerojet Rocketdyne, L3Harris Technologies, Inc.

Karen Feigh

Karl Hutter
Chief Executive Officer, Click Bond

Laurie Leshin

Laurie Leshin
Director, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Wendy O’Connor

Wendy O’Connor
Executive Director, Advanced Air Mobility Integration, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

Masami Onoda

Masami Onoda
Director, International Relations and Research Department, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

Krishna Sampigethaya

Krishna Sampigethaya
Department Chair and Professor of Cyber Intelligence and Security, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Executive Sponsors


Lockheed Martin Corporation
GE Aerospace

Northrop Grumman
RTX

Sponsors



Bastion Technologies

Bastion Technologies
L3Harris FAST. FORWARD.
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign