FT2025 Programme Day 1

FT2025 — Tuesday 14 October 2025

Plenary Programme • 08:45 – 12:00

Time	Plenary session
08:45	The growing importance of aerospace research in meeting global challenges Sara Modig, State Secretary, Ministry of Climate and Enterprise, Sweden
09:00	“Towards efficient disruptive technologies for new aircraft in service by 2035” Sébastien Dubois, Clean Aviation JU, Belgium
09:25	“The Airbus runway to sustainable aviation” Frank Haselbach, SVP Propulsion, Airbus, France
09:50	“Joining the quest towards a climate neutral aviation system – a perspective from the Netherlands” Ron van Manen, Director Stichting Luchtvaart in Transitie, The Netherlands
10:45	“Challenges to aviation and candidate propulsion solutions” Henrik Runnemalm, VP Global Technology Centre, GKN Aerospace
11:10	“ICAS – an evolution in perspectives” Chris Atkin, ICAS President, Professor Univ. of East Anglia, UK
11:35	”AI on wings – the new era of Air Combat” Peter Nilsson, Head of Advanced Programs, Saab Aeronautics

Parallel Technical Sessions • 13:00 – 17:30

	Room C1/C2	Room C3	Room C4	Room 21	Room 23	Room 24	Room 25	Room 26	Room 27	Room 35	Room 36
	Major cooperative projects	Aircraft and spacecraft technology	Drones and UAS	Drones and UAS	Structures, materials and processes	Structures, materials and processes	Propulsion	Aircraft and spacecraft systems analysis	Sustainable aerospace technology	Systems and sub-systems engineering	Systems and sub-systems engineering
CHAIR	Tomas Ireman, Saab	Olle Norberg, IRF	Carl-Martin Larsson, Sylog Systems	Annette Wahlström, FMV	Anders Blom, FTF	Zlatan Kapidzic, LiU	Richard Avellan, GKN	Magnus Tormalm, FOI	Dag Waldenström, Svenskt Flyg	Petter Krus, LiU	Odd Romell, Saab
13:00	(KEYNOTE) R&T Development at Airbus, K. Wittkowski, Airbus	RM Alpha, a Jet engine technology development plat-form. Demonstrator for collaboration between company and academia P. Andersson, GKN	Drone research for the Swedish Armed Forces L. Forssell, FOI	Automated Human-AI Interaction and Mission Planning with Unmanned Aircraft System Teams M. Wzorek, LiU	Overview of Solid Mechanics research at GKN Aerospace Sweden S. Roychowdhury, GKN	Quality control of Carbon Fiber Structures by Acoustic Method M. Gustavsson, A2 Research	Development of a Virtual Turbofan Engine in Sweden M. Lejon, GKN	Large Eddy Simulations & Aeroacoustics of Supersonic Jets M. Mihaescu, KTH	Regional Sustainable Aviation for Northern Europe: Technology Choices, Demand Modelling, Environ-mental Impact, and Policy Instruments C. Jouannet, Saab	Human Factors and HMI for Future Air Domain J. Alfredson, Saab	(KEYNOTE) How to Accelerate Next Generation Products by Leveraging Digital Mission Engineering and Model-Based Systems Engineering Methodologies R. Gemma, ANSYS
13:30	Space Sweden North – a hub for innovation J. Bergström-Roos, LTU	Cost-Driven Design of a Hybrid Electric Transport Category Aircraft E. E. Juárez, LiU	Enabling Drone Surveillance with distributed vision system J. Lindén, Saab	LiU Activities within the Aeronautical Prototyping and Flight Testing Lab: Mission and Activities D. Lundström, LiU	GKN Aerospace Metallic Materials Cluster Research Activities and Collaboration with Academia, Institutes and Industrial Partners C. Joseph, GKN	Structural Health Monitoring methods that could be built into composite structures for multi sensing purposes P. Hallander, Saab	Hybrid Electric Turbofans from an Engine Performance Perspective F. Winkes, GKN	Towards LES for aeronautical applications – exploration of strategies for wall-modelling, accuracy and efficiency S. Arvidson, Saab	Electric-powered air traffic network with integrated aircraft-battery modelling C. Li, CTH	Designing Adaptive Systems with Run-Time Reconfigurable Architectures I. Sander, KTH	Agile Systems Engineering: Insights from New Space Startups G. Svalander, Celestra
14:00	(KEYNOTE) Realizing large-scale simulation frameworks to archiect future Aviation systems Dr. B. Nagel, DLR	Preliminary design of a subscale floatplane E. B. Medeiros, UFMG	Development of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle for Atmospheric Research – An International Collaboration R. Mariani, KTH	Drone Detection with YOLOv8 and YOLOv11: An Analysis of Accuracy and Efficiency in Embedded Systems Dr. P. Funk, MDU	Challenges in corrosion assessment and prevention fields in the aerospace industry for the next 10 years D. Thierry, RISE	A Non-destructive Method for Evaluating Carbon Fiber Composites Using a Cost-Effective Sub-Terahertz Source and Detector E. Chuma, Unicamp	Nitrogen oxide to carbon dioxide trade-off for a hydrogen composite cycle aircraft engine A. Johansson, CTH	Large Eddy Simulations of a supersonic jet exhausting a Rotating Detonation Combustion chamber T. Golliard, KTH	Airport electrification and electromagnetic emissions – standards and challenges T. Salm, LTU	The Large Language Model Pilot: Generative Artificial Intelligence for Cyber-Physical Flight Simulations J. Lovaco, LiU	Amplitude and Phase Imbalance Calibration for Space-Based Precision Direction Finding Systems J. Melo, ITA
14:30	CONCEPTIO: Laboratory Architecture for Conceptual Research of Multi-domain Systems C. Cerqueira, ITA	Mission Planning and Decentralized Execution for Heterogeneous Teammates in Dynamic Environments E. Olsson, Saab	Development of Control Contraction Metric based methods on non-conventional aircraft configuration J. A. Pardo, INTA		Advanced Structural Optimization for Aerospace Applications M. Wallin, LTH	Graphene nanoplatelet-reinforced polymer composites for multifunctional coatings in aerospace applications D. Carastan, UFABC	On the coupled integration of ducted heat-exchanger systems for aviation E. Hasselwander, CTH	The NATO Aerodynamic Missile Challenge M. Tormalm, FOI	Enabling the Decarbonization of Regional Air Transport with Series Hybrid Electric Propulsion D. Bermperis	Impact of HUD Design on Cognitive Load in UAV Control I. Rehder, ITA	Comparing Methods for Damage Localization in Active Structural Health Monitoring Using Piezoelectric Sensors on Composite Plates G. C. Batista, KTH
15:30	(KEYNOTE) Platform to facilitate collaborations between innovation ecosystems M. Ahlström, CISB/Saab	Smart technology road mapping in defense aviation P. Ulfvengren, KTH	Defining Future Application Scenarios for Heterogeneous Teams: a Capability-based Approach Carlos Ribeiro, ITA	Cognition and Computation in Decision-Making: Applying the Critical Decision Method to Artificial Intelligence for Aviation Event Analysis G. De Morais, ITA	Effect of Nitriding on High Cycle fatigue of Ti64 Grade 5 Alloy S. Stekovic, LiU	Effect of Induced Delamination Defects on the Mechanical Performance on Composite Laminates A. Giannakopoulou, LiU	Aerothermal performance of methane fuelled rocket engine A. C. Patrao, GKN	Adaptive Euler – efficient and predictive aerodynamics: validation and development in the High Lift and Aeroelastic prediction workshops J. Jansson, KTH	Technical concepts of airport infrastructure for charging battery-powered electric aircraft S. Käck, VTI	Towards Seamless System Design from Specification Model to Implementation I. Sander, KTH	Active Microwave Components for Next Generation Airborne Sensor and Communication Systems M. Thorsell, Saab
16:00	Building Bridges in the Aerospace sector: Brazil’s Model for International Cooperation and Funding Dr. O. Coelho, MCTI NOT GIVEN	Improving System Safety in Aviation with AI Models A. da Silva, UNICAMP	New Multi-Agent Simulator — Hopsan & Unreal 5.3 A. G. P. Sarmento, ITA	Context of collaborative human-machine systems architecture design for enhanced functionality awareness and balanced command and control authority V. K. Marini, UFSM	Is it Damage, Plasticity, Rate Dependence or all of the Above? Character-ising and Modelling the Non-Linear Behaviours of 3D-Textile Composites C. Oddy, GKN	Advanced Thermal Spray Coatings for Improved Engine Performance M. Gupta, UW	Re-entry flow & aerothermal characteristics of retro-propulsive booster A. Rovelstad, CTH	Numerical Study on the Aerodynamics of Conformal Weapons on Fighter Aircraft B. Hamad, FOI	Contrail avoidance: Decision making under uncertainty F. Herbertsson, CTH	MATE: A Mission Assistant for Training and Evaluation Using an Offline Language Model in Air Combat Operations J. Dantas, ITA	Distributed radar on multiple airborne platforms – challenges and solutions P. Dammert, Saab
16:30	(KEYNOTE) German International Cooperation in Funded Aeronautics Research Projects P. Linde, DLR	Aerodynamic Optimization of SOAR2 – A successful case study of industry and academia in fostering young researchers P. Eliasson, Saab	(INVITE) VCraft Aeronautics: Tiltrotor UAS & eVTOL Innovation J. Johansson, VCraft	Special session — Coffee, career and Airbus K. Wittkowski, Airbus; S. Stekovic, LiU	Characterization of fatigue-critical roughness parameter in electron beam powder bed fusion manufactured Ti-6Al-4V K. T. Pandian, UW	Supporting Design for Additive Manufacturing: Insights from Product Development Practices in the Aerospace Industry D. Obilanade, LTU	Aerodynamic Damping in Separated Flows – Project Summary N. Glodic, KTH	Aerodynamic Efficiency of Longitudinally Unstable Tailless Aircraft S. Riethausen, LiU	Technology Assessment of Sustainable Propulsion Systems in Aviation: Addressing Technical Challenges A. A. De Paula, ITA	Improving Decision-Making of Civilian and Military Pilots Under Pressure: An Artificial Intelligence-Based Approach Using Prospect Theory G. De Morais, ITA	On Low Probability of Intercept and Low Probability of detection (LPI/LPD) Communication for Airborne Collaborative Systems B. Granbom, Saab
17:00	(INVITE) CEAS to support scientific cooperation and dissemination and technological development among the European Aerospace Societies A. Alaimo, CEAS	Convolutional Neural Network for Detection of Pilot-Induced Oscillations A. L. A. Paladini, LiU		Special session — Coffee, career and Airbus K. Wittkowski, Airbus; S. Stekovic, LiU	Advancing Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing: Tailored Process Solutions for Industry Applications J. Andersson, UW	Metal Additive Manufacturing Research Progress via GKN Aerospace-University Collaborations: Recent Updates S. Mahade, GKN	RAVEN’s Design and Testing of a Student Researched and Developed Hybrid Rocket Propulsion System M. S. Rajavelu, LTU	The role of fluid-structure interaction in the prediction of cabin noise for internal weapons bays S. Nilsson, Saab		Augmenting Aerospace System Design Using Large Language Models P. Krus, LiU	Robust Priority Assignment applied to AFDX networks E. P. de Freitas, UFCSPA
19:30	CONGRESS DINNER, Creating hardware as software, A. Bååthe, Saab

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