2027 AIAA SciTech Forum

AIAA SciTech is the premier aerospace research and development event of the year, drawing roughly 6,000 attendees from 46 countries; the 2026 edition recorded 5,963 attendees, 2,938 technical presentations across 635 sessions and 115 exhibitors. The technical programme spans aerodynamics, propulsion, structures and materials, autonomy and AI, guidance and control, and space systems, alongside policy plenaries on defence and civil space priorities. An exposition hall, career accelerator and student paper competitions round out the week. For space-tech and advanced-aerospace founders it is the densest concentration of NASA, DoD, national-lab and prime-contractor technical leadership in the calendar.