1. AEROSPACE CONTROL and GUIDANCE Initiatives Meeting Content
Annual 1-day short course
Competitive award lecture for young engineers
Meeting locations to facilitate relevant tours when possible
Continued dissemination of semi-annual meetings info within AESS/on-going Panel interaction
Meeting Content
Invited talks across gov’t, industry, universities
Recent aerospace activity on Panel Topics of interest
Panel Topics
Aircraft and surface vehicles
Missiles and Space
Avionics and Systems
Dynamics and Analysis
Flight, Propulsion, Autonomous Control
Last Meeting
3/3-6/15 in Portland, OR
Upcoming Meetings
10/13-16/15 in Charlotte, NC
3/15-18/16 in Napa, CA
Primary focus is to provide a forum for discussion, development and rapid dissemination of technical information relevant to aerospace control and guidance systems technologies including adaptive control concepts; advanced vehicle concepts and related guidance, control, and dynamics issues, NextGen air traffic control; integration of UAS in the National Air Space; autonomy; and others. Strategic initiatives include conducting a single day short course on a related guidance and control topic. Introduced a lecture series aimed at attracting young university and/or industry researcher participation in the committee.
Research Institutions, Industry,
University, Government Agencies
Dynamics, Computations, and Analysis
Flight, Propulsion, and Autonomous
Vehicle Control Systems
- Aeronautic and Surface Vehicles
- Missiles and Space
- Avionics and System Integration

2. Initiatives Updates Held 1-day short course on March 3, 2015
Topic: Model-Based Design
Expect next short course in March 2016
Most recent competitive lecture award for young professionals (YPs) made in October 2014 to Dr, Riccardo Bevilacqua from University of Florida
Nominations are open for the October 2015 award, with winner to be selected in late September
October 2014 meeting included tour of NASA Glenn Research Center
ACGSC Honored with the 2014 Outstanding AESS Panel Award

3. Upcoming Meeting Plans
Charlotte, NC on October 13-16, 2015
Will have 3 days of committee short and full briefings within the indicated panel topic areas
The agenda is now being finalized
Will include next YP lecture competition winner
The meeting announcement with a preliminary agenda has gone out and is on the ACGSC web site
NAPA, CA on March 15-18, 2016
Will have 3 days of committee short and full briefings
Plan to have 1-day short course