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- Dates
- Jan 11 to Jan 15, 2027
- Where
- Orlando, FL
- Cost
- Ticket $1,099 to $1,599. Full conference: early member $1,099, standard member $1,299, early non-member $1,399, standard non-member $1,599. Early rates run through Dec 14, 2026. One-day pass $499. Onsite rate not posted.
- Type
- Conference · Paid ticket
- Organizer
- AIAA
- Suits
- Student or new grad
- Last checked
- October 23, 2026 against the event’s own site
Official site and registration
Cheaper ways in: Student pass $249 early / $299 standard.
Speaking opportunities
Open call for speakers
2027 abstract call closed May 21, 2026; final manuscript deadline Dec 1, 2026.
Call for speakers
Call for speakers
2027 abstract call closed May 21, 2026; final manuscript deadline Dec 1, 2026.
Who goes
Roles and segments the organizer or our research tag this event for.
Segments: Commercial aerospace and aviation, Space industry
Roles: aerospace engineer, space systems engineer
The field it serves: Aerospace & Defense
- Verified open jobs
- about 18,990
- Typical posted salary
- $133,000 a year (middle half $101,000 to $152,000)
- Entry or early-career level
- 33% of openings
- Employment, year over year
- +0.6% in manufacturing, the closest BLS sector
Source: NextChapter job data, jobs verified live in the last 7 days.
See the detail →Source: NextChapter job data: salary ranges employers posted, midpoint of each range, 1,849 of the newest 5,000 verified open jobs.
See the detail →Source: NextChapter job data: level read from the full posting, newest 5,000 verified open jobs.
See the detail →Source: BLS Current Employment Statistics, seasonally adjusted payroll employment, October 2026.
See the detail →Full Aerospace & Defense snapshot: jobs, pay, layoffs and conferences
Employers at this conference
Exhibitors, sponsors and speakers we have found on the event’s own lists.
- Amentum Sponsoring
- BAE Systems Sponsoring
- BastonTech Sponsoring
- ISTARI Digital Sponsoring
- L3Harris Sponsoring
- Lockheed Martin Sponsoring
- Northrop Grumman Sponsoring
- RTX Sponsoring
- AE Industrial Partners Speaking 2027
- Air Force Research Laboratory Speaking 2027
- DARPA Speaking 2027
- Hanwha Defense USA Speaking 2027
- NASA Speaking 2027
- NVIDIA Speaking 2027
- Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Speaking 2027
- Pratt & Whitney Speaking 2027
- Star Catcher Speaking 2027
- The Boeing Company Speaking 2027
Read from the event’s own pages: scitech.aiaa.org.
Speakers and sessions
Named on the event’s own program. Titles and organizations are as the event lists them.
Speakers
Brig. Gen. Douglas P. Wickert, USAF
Commander, Air Force Research Laboratory
Camille Bergin
Chief Marketing Officer, Star Catcher
Daniel Hettema
Director of Digital Engineering, Modeling & Simulation, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering
James Kenyon
Associate Administrator, Research and Technology Mission Directorate, NASA
Kerri Phillips
Technical Director for Missiles, Hanwha Defense USA
Lane Ballard
CTO, The Boeing Company
Laurence Vigeant-Langlois
Partner, AE Industrial Partners
Mark Maybury
Vice President, Commercialization, Engineering & Technology, Lockheed Martin
Michael Thacker
SVP, Engineering & Technology, Pratt & Whitney
Sha-Chelle Devlin Manning
Chief of Commercial Strategy, DARPA
Tim Costa
Vice President and General Manager for Industrial and Computational Engineering, NVIDIA
Will Roper
Founder and CEO, Istari Digital
Read from the event’s own pages: scitech.aiaa.org
Industries and functions
Where it is and who it is for
Held in Orlando, FL. Local jobs, employers, layoffs and other conferences nearby are on the place pages.
Past and planned editions
- 2027: January 11, 2027 to January 15, 2027, Orlando, FL
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