FROM THE CORNER OFFICE 7 TRAJECTORIES 96 EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK 4 For AIAA, a year of change Testing the C Series jet Angel in the details 2017 YEAR IN REVIEW DECEMBER 2017 | A publication of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics | aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org 8–12 JANUARY 2018 KISSIMMEE, FLORIDA Five days of expert panels, technical sessions, endless networking opportunities, and so much more. Don’t miss out on everything the 2018 AIAA SciTech Forum has to offer. Register today! SPECIAL EVENTS Rising Leaders in Aerospace Speed Mentoring and Reception MONDAY, 8 JANUARY Accomplished members of the aerospace industry will take time to meet with the Rising Leaders in Aerospace participants to share their career experiences. Opening Reception in the Exposition Hall TUESDAY, 9 JANUARY Network your way through an evening with food and libations while you connect with colleagues and fellow attendees. 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TOPICS INCLUDE • Additive Manufacturing for Propulsion Systems • High-Speed Air-Breathing Propulsion • Advanced Integrated Engine Controls and • Hybrid Rockets Intelligent Systems • Inlets, Nozzles, and Propulsion Systems Integration • Advanced Mechanical Components • Liquid Propulsion • Advanced Propulsion Concepts • Nuclear and Future Flight Propulsion • Advanced Vehicle Systems • Pressure Gain Combustion • Aerospace Power Systems • Propellants and Combustion • Aircraft Electric Propulsion • Propulsion and Power of Unmanned Aerial Systems • Electric Propulsion • Propulsion Education • Electricity Delivery and Grid Reliability • Small Satellites • Energetic Components and Systems • Solid Rocket Propulsion • Energy Conversion Technology • Space Nuclear Power Systems • Energy-Efficient and Renewable Energy Technologies • Space Solar Power • Fossil-Fuel Power Technologies • Thermal Management Technology • Gas Turbine Engines Abstracts Due at 2000 hrs EST on 4 January 2018 propulsionenergy.aiaa.org AEROSPACE ++ +AMERICA + ++ DECEMBER 2017, VOL. 55, NO. 11 YEAR IN REVIEW EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Ben Iannotta [email protected] Adaptive Structures............................................. 8 MVCE................................................................. 25 Aeroacoustics .................................................... 16 Microgravity and Space Processes .................... 66 ASSOCIATE EDITOR Karen Small Aerodynamic Measurement Technology ............. 17 Missile Systems................................................. 67 [email protected] Aerospace Power Systems ................................. 52 Modeling and Simulation .................................. 26 STAFF REPORTER Aircraft Design .................................................. 30 Multidisciplinary Design Optimization................. 9 Tom Risen Aircraft Operations ............................................31 Non-Deterministic Approaches ..........................10 [email protected] Air Transportation Systems................................ 29 Nuclear and Future Flight Propulsion ................ 60 EDITOR, AIAA BULLETIN Applied Aerodynamics ....................................... 18 Plasmadynamics and Lasers............................. 27 Christine Williams Astrodynamics................................................... 19 Pressure Gain Combustion ................................ 61 [email protected] Atmospheric and Space Environments ..............20 Propellants and Combustion ............................. 62 EDITOR EMERITUS Jerry Grey Atmospheric Flight Mechanics .......................... 21 Sensor Systems and Information Fusion............ 50 Balloon Systems ................................................34 Small Satellite................................................... 68 CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Robert van der Linden, Communications Systems ................................. 46 Society and Aerospace Technology..................... 43 Debra Werner, Frank H. Winter Computer Systems ............................................ 47 Software ............................................................ 51 Digital Avionics ................................................. 48 Solid Rockets..................................................... 63 James “Jim” Maser AIAA PRESIDENT Economics ......................................................... 39 Space Architecture ............................................ 69 John Langford AIAA PRESIDENT-ELECT Electric Propulsion ............................................ 53 Space Automation and Robotics........................ 70 Sandra H. Magnus PUBLISHER Energetic Components ...................................... 54 Space Logistics ................................................. 71 Rodger S. Williams DEPUTY PUBLISHER Flight Testing .................................................... 35 Spacecraft Structures ....................................... 11 ADVERTISING Fluid Dynamics.................................................. 22 Space Exploration.............................................. 44 Joan Daly, 703-938-5907 [email protected] Gas Turbine Engines.......................................... 55 Space Resources ............................................... 72 Green Engineering .............................................40 Space Systems .................................................. 73 ART DIRECTION AND DESIGN Ground Testing .................................................. 23 Space Tethers ....................................................74 THOR Design Studio | thor.design Guidance, Navigation and Control..................... 24 Space Transportation ........................................ 75 High-Speed Air Breathing Propulsion ................ 56 Structural Dynamics.......................................... 12 MANUFACTURING AND DISTRIBUTION History ............................................................... 41 Structures ......................................................... 13 Association Vision | associationvision.com Hybrid Rockets .................................................. 57 Survivability ...................................................... 14 LETTERS AND CORRESPONDENCE HyTASP .............................................................. 36 Systems Engineering .........................................15 Ben Iannotta, [email protected] Inlets, Nozzles and Propulsion ...........................58 Terrestrial Energy Systems ................................ 64 Intelligent Systems............................................ 49 Thermophysics .................................................. 28 Legal Aspects of Aeronautics, Astronautics....... 42 Transformational Flight .....................................45 Life Sciences and Systems ................................ 65 V/STOL Aircraft Systems ....................................38 Lighter-Than-Air Systems ..................................37 Weapon System Effectiveness ........................... 76 Liquid Propulsion .............................................. 59 DEPARTMENTS Aerospace America (ISSN 0740-722X) is published monthly by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc., at 12700 Sunrise Valley Drive, Suite 200 Reston, VA 20191-5807 [703-264-7500]. 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Trajectories The name Aerospace America is registered by the AIAA 96 A Bombardier conceptual design engineer talks about working in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Offi ce. 94 Looking Back on the C Series. aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org | DECEMBER 2017 | 3 EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK READY FOR 2018 Andrew Lofthouse/CREATE-AV Quality Assurance The angel in the details n its surface, our annual Year-in-Review special issue adds up to a compendium of