General Information

24th Aerospace Testing Seminar

"The Way Forward"

April 8-10, 2008

Preseminar Tutorials April 7, 2008

Manhattan Beach Marriott, Manhattan Beach, CA

The Aerospace Testing Seminar provides a forum to communicate and exchange knowledge about the improvement and implementation of aerospace testing technology that will benefit current and future space programs. The theme of the 24th ATS is "The Way Forward." Topics will include the need for effective testing in a challenging project environment with constrained budgets, increasing complexity of space systems, and more stringent design requirements.

Aerospace professionals have realized that the increasingly competitive business environment and customer priorities have placed a stronger emphasis on optimizing the approach to mission success. The mission failures of the past decade have shown that effective testing programs are critical to mission success.

Downloadable Information Sheet (pdf)

Session topics include:

• Test Efficacy, Philosophies and Standards, Including Recent Lessons Learned
• Ground Segment Test
• Strategies and Methodologies
• Innovations in Test Facilities and Equipment
• Instrumentation, Data Acquisition and Evaluation
• Modeling, Analysis and Simulation
• System Integration Test Using Flight Software
• Management of Test and People
• Testing Challenges for Human-Rated Space Systems

The ATS preseminar tutorial program will feature classroom-style presentations of interest to professionals at all levels of experience.

Technical Chairs

Dave Shelton, dave.shelton@lmco.com

Paul Stovner, pnstovner@raytheon.com

For more information contact Lauren Kim, 310.336.0406, or e-mail lauren.p.kim@aero.org.

Sponsored by The Aerospace Corporation, Space and Missile Systems Center and the Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology.