2025 Handling Qualities Meeting

Registration Open

Preliminary Agenda Now Available

The VFS Redstone Chapter is sponsoring the 2025 Handling Qualities Technical Meeting on Jan. 22-23, 2025, in Huntsville, Alabama. The meeting will focus on meeting the needs of vertical flight aircraft handling qualities (HQ), flight controls and vehicle design communities. Technical topics will differ from the Annual Forum in that the focus will be on handling qualities standards and flight test technique development, in addition to updates to ADS-33E-PRF/MIL-DTL-32742(AR) for new military and civil platform configurations — including helicopters, advanced rotorcraft, drones and electric vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft.

Keynote Speakers:

• Opening Keynote: COL Ryan C. Nersta, Program Manager, Utility Helicopters, Path Forward for UHPO & Thoughts on Autonomy for the Enhancing of the Enduring Fleet & FVL

• Day 2 Keynote: BG David C. Phillips, Program Executive Officer, Aviation

• Invited TBD: US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Avaition & Missile Center

Session Topics:

• Test & Evaluation
• Flight Controls
• Human Factors

General Meeting Chair: Mr. Eric Grigorian, Georgia Tech Research Institute

Registration Rates: register online or fill out the registration form (PDF) and return to VFS. There is a $75 fee for all cancellations and no refunds after Jan. 13, 2025.

Meeting Venue: Radiance Tech, 310 Bob Heath Dr, Huntsville, AL

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