Transformative Vertical Flight

Transformative Vertical Flight is an annual conference run by VFS. It brings together industry, government, academia and the operational community around electric and emerging vertical flight technologies, with concurrent technical tracks, an opening plenary, tabletop exhibits and a preconference short course.

The eVTOL symposium track offers invited presentations and panels on aircraft development, uncrewed and optionally piloted VTOL, autonomy, defense applications, government research, operational deployment, noise and community acceptance. A rotorcraft public-service track covers wildfire detection and suppression, search and rescue, disaster response, public safety, medical logistics and infrastructure inspection, with operator, pilot and maintainer perspectives.

A hydrogen aviation symposium addresses aircraft concepts, propulsion, cryogenic storage, safety, infrastructure, certification and deployment, and includes a roundtable of industry, government and academia participants. A modeling and simulation workshop examines simulation credibility, model validation, test correlation and the use of simulation as certification evidence, linked to the SAE G-35 and EUROCAE WG-112 communities.

The preconference short course covers design principles, aircraft sizing, aerodynamics, propulsion, configurations and system integration across crewed and uncrewed eVTOL and UAS.

Attendees include engineers, operators, pilots, maintainers, researchers, and government and military representatives. Tabletop exhibits and networking breaks give suppliers of components and systems direct contact with these technical specialists and operators.