AIAA Electric Propulsion and Advanced Technologies Symposium (EPATS)
EPATS provides a unique collaborative space to advance electrified propulsion technologies that will define the next generation of aircraft.
Driven by ambitious goals for the future of aviation, electrified aircraft propulsion has emerged as a key enabling technology for concepts ranging from more-electric aircraft to hybrid-electric propulsion systems and all-electric urban air mobility. Recognizing the growing importance of this multi-disciplinary field, AIAA has identified the need to bring together electrical, propulsion system, and aerospace engineers as the industry looks to electrified propulsion technologies for future aircraft.
EPATS is hosted within the AIAA AVIATION Forum 2026, giving attendees access to three full days of EPATS content alongside one of the aviation industry’s premier technical events.
Topics Include:
- Diagnostics and Predictive Analytics
- Electric Aircraft Design (Fixed & Rotary Wing) (Joint w/GA & Rotary Wing)
- Electric Aircraft Mission Ops considerations (Cost, Energy, Emissions) (Joint w/GA & Rotary Wing)
- Electrical Energy Generation, Storage, & Mgmt (Battery, Fuel Cell, Solar, Regen HYDROGEN, etc.)
- Flight Demonstration Effort Status and Results
- Flightworthiness and Aircraft Operations Considerations
- Power Electronics, Electric Machines & Drives
- Power Management, Distribution & High Voltage Considerations
- Superconducting & Cryogenic Systems & Components
- Sustainability of Electric, Hybrid Electric, and Fuel Cell Aircraft
- System Dynamics, Modeling & Control
- System Safety Analytics – Failure/Fault Mode Protection, Solid State Cntrl, Diagnostics/Modelling
- Testing/Flight Demonstration, Validation/Stds Development, to include approaches to Certification
- Thermal Management (Including High Temperature Electronics)
Sponsors
AIAA Corporate Partners
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