2025 Vertical Lift Structures and Survivability Technical Meeting

Meeting Postponed to December 9-10, 2025!

The Hampton Roads Chapter will sponsor the Vertical Lift Structures and Survivability Technical Meeting which is now scheduled for Dec. 9-10, 2025.  The theme of the two-day conference is "Adapting to Emerging Threats: Rotorcraft Structures, Crashworthiness, and Survivability in a Dynamic Operational Environment". The meeting will present technologies and programs relating to vertical flight structures, vulnerability reduction, and crash safety enabling increased capability for vertical flight systems. This meeting combines interest in manned and unmanned vertical flight aircraft structures and vulnerability reduction related to research and development. Recent interest in crashworthiness and advanced structures and manufacturing from the eVTOL community has increased and is expected to contribute to this meeting.

Authors/Speakers: Download the 2025 Structures Tech Speaker Info. Speakers have been notified on how to upload their presentations. Go to the Author/Speaker information box below to upload your presentation.

Preliminary Agenda: Download the Structures & Survivability Prelim Agenda

• Structures technology applicable to both developmental and legacy aircraft.
• Crashworthiness relating to rotorcraft and V/STOL and passenger eVTOL aircraft.
• Survivability design analysis and structures technology that reduce aircraft survivability and improve overall survivability.
• Questions: email to meetings@hrc.vtol.org.

Showcase your Organization: gain exposure be featuring your organization logo and website on the Structures & Survivability webpage and agenda. Sponsors will also receive recognition in the presentation slides throughout the event.

• Sponsorship Fee: $250
• Download the 2025 Structures Sponsorship form to get started.

Special Crashworthy Seating Requirements VIRTUAL Workshop now taking place December 11, 2025 from 10:00 AM to 3:30 PM EDT

Conducted by the VFS Crash Safety Sub-Committee on MIL-S-58095 and MIL-S-85510

Summary: the intent of this virtual workshop is to discuss the state of current crashworthy seating performance specifications and have an open discussion among all the partners regarding gaps, challenges, opportunities, and concerns associated with modernizing and reactivating MIL-S-58095 and MIL-S-85510. The goal is to establish a structure and timeline for reviewing and socializng and potential modifications if the specifications were to be reactivated.

Download the Preliminary Crash Safety Workshop agenda. Virtual (Zoom) link information for the Crashworthy workshop coming soon.

Registeration! Register at the link below or download the Structures & Survivability Registration Form 2025.

Registration Rates: