American Institute of Aeronautics &

Astronautics Central Florida Section

Upcoming Events

Join us to learn, network, collaborate, and innovate re aerospace
Monthly Council Meeting
Friday, October 10th, 2025 5:00pm (Virtual)


Monthly council meetings are held on the second Friday of each month at 5:00pm. Meetings may be held in person or virtually, but we always have a call-in available. 


All members are welcome, if you want to attend, volunteer or learn more about the section, please contact us at info@aiaacentralflorida.org for the latest meeting link.

Inventing the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
Thursday, October 23rd, 2025     7:00 – 8:30pm


Drinks and pizza furnished by AIAA Central Florida Section

This presentation by Paul Bevilaqua, the Chief Engineer at the Lockheed Skunk Works, will describe the technical and program challenges involved in developing the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and show how an innovative idea became an international program with engineers from half a dozen countries developing a single replacement aircraft for multiple aircraft types. The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter was developed to meet the multirole fighter requirements of the U.S. Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, and our allies.

SmallSat Education Conference
October 25 – 26, 2025


Hours are 1000-1700 Saturday, 1000-1415 Sunday at the Center for Space Education, M6-306 405 State Road, Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899. Website is: https://www.smallsateducation.org/. There will be presentations, speakers, and workshops during these hours. Saturday morning featured speaker is Dr. Norman G. Fitz-Coy, Associate professor in the M&AE Department at UF. Saturday afternoon speaker is Astronaut and Former NASA Administrator Charles Bolden. Conference agenda to be posted at above website.

Monthly Council Meeting
Friday, November 14th, 2025 5:00pm (Virtual)


Monthly council meetings are held on the second Friday of each month at 5:00pm. Meetings may be held in person or virtually, but we always have a call-in available. 


All members are welcome, if you want to attend, volunteer or learn more about the section, please contact us at info@aiaacentralflorida.org for the latest meeting link.