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  • Southwest Aerospace Symposium

    Saturday, 28 Oct. 2023

    University of Texas at Arlington

    SEIR Bldg. Room 194

    $10 Students, $20 Members/Retirees, $30 Non-Members, includes Lunch & Breaks

    Lockheed Martin Employees/Retirees FREE! ($3 admin fee)

    REGISTER HERE > https://members.sfte.org/members/evr/reg_event.php?orgcode=SFTE&evid=40827921

    0830 - Check In

    0900 - Weather used to be the problem, now it solves the problem

    Dr. Mike Skaff, Lockheed Martin 

    0930 - Bell 525 Artificial Icing Flight Test Campaign

    Stefan Hanekom(AF), Bell

    1000 – Break

    1030 - The e-Pilot: Even Great Pilots Need a Cognitive Boost

    Keith Higginbotham, Lockheed Martin

    1100 - YF-16 No. 2 Fort Worth Restoration

    Kevin Renshaw, Lockheed Martin (ret.)

    1130AIAA UT Dallas

    Kevin Debord, UTD AIAA Student Chapter President

    1145 - Luncheon

    1230 - Rex Walheim M

    Luncheon Keynote Speaker

    A veteran of three NASA Space Shuttle flights as well as USAF, Rex Walheim is Axiom’s Chief Safety Officer. As a NASA astronaut, he logged more than 36 hours on five spacewalks and more than 36 days in space during STS-110 in 2002, STS-122 in 2008, and STS-135 – the final flight of the Space Shuttle Program in 2011.  

    1330 - Hypersonic Test Aircraft

    Dr. Bernd Chudoba, UTA

    1400 - Autonomy Demos and the Evolution of Optimally Crewed Vehicles

    Kevin Christensen(AF) & Francis Govers, Bell

    1430 – Break

    1500 - F-35 Weight Reduction Program Summary

    Art Sheridan, Lockheed Martin (ret.)

    1530 - Thoughts on the Future FTE

    Jeff Canclini F, Lockheed Martin (ret.)

    1600 - Closing