2025 Vertical Lift Structures and Survivability Technical Meeting

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The Hampton Roads Chapter will sponsor the Vertical Lift Structures and Survivability Technical Meeting on Oct. 21-22, 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 will be notified of how and where to upload their presentations.

Preliminary Agenda Now Available: 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.

Registration Now  Open: Register at link above or download the Structures & Survivabilty Registration Form 2025

Now a Virtual Event!

To support increased accessibility and to maximize US government participation, the Vertical Structures & Survivability is now a fully virtual event.

VFS and the Hampton Roads Chapter trusts this adjustment will help ensure broader and more meaningful engagement from government stakeholders, as well as all other partcipants.

The meeting will still take place on Oct. 21-22 as scheduled, now via Zoom. Virtual connection information will be shared with registered attendees prior to the meeting.