2025 Vertical Lift Structures and Survivability Technical Meeting
Dec 9, 2025 - Dec 10, 2025
Virtual event
Meeting taking place 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.
Special Crashworthy Seating Requirements VIRTUAL Workshop now taking place December 11, 2025 from 10:00 AM to 3:30 PM EDT - you must register separately to attend the Crashworthy workshop using the link below.
Crashworthy Workshop Registration (Teams Webinar)
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.
Registration! Register at the link below or download the Structures & Survivability Registration Form 2025.
Registration Rates:
| VFS Members: | Complimentary |
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| US Government: | Complimentary |
| Non-Members: | $200: Includes 1-year of membership |
Fully Virtual Event!
The Vertical Lift Structures and Survivability Technical Meeting has been rescheduled to December 9-10, 2025 and the Crashworthy Seating Requirements Workshop will now take place on December 11, 2025.
The Vertical Flight Society and the Hampton Roads Chapter made this decision to ensure US government speakers and attendess — as well as all other participants - are able to fully attend and engage on these important topics. VFS appreciates you're understanding and looks forward to your participation in December.
Questions about this event?
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Registration information
Registration! Register at the link above.
Registration Rates:
VFS Members: Complimentary US Government: Complimentary Non-Members: $200: Includes 1-year of membership -
Venue and location
This event will be held virtually. More information will be coming soon.
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Schedule and agenda
Preliminary Agenda: Now Available!
Download the Structures & Survivability Agenda
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Speaker / presenter info
Authors/Speakers: Download the 2025 Structures Tech Speaker Info
Uploads for this meeting closed on 12/8/25 4:00 PM.