[SatNews] NASA and AFRL have confirmed their involvement in the new Advanced Aerospace Technology dialogue sessions, participating with GE Aviation, taking place at Aerospace Electrical Systems Expo, co-located with Space Tech Expo, in Long Beach, California, May 19-21, 2015.
GE, NASA and AFRL are collaborating to help foster innovation in Aerospace with small and start-up businesses through two special free-to-attend sessions at the heart of the exhibition floor.
The sessions will take place on Wednesday May 20, 2015 as part of the three-day free sessions program. Start-ups and small businesses are invited to participate in the two sessions:
Incubator Session 1: 11.20am - 12.30pm - ‘Next Generation Electrical Power Systems’
Incubator Session 2: 13.00pm - 14.10pm - ‘Hybrid / All-Electric Aircraft’
The sessions will provide interactive forums that highlight new technologies from small business innovators. The session’s hosts will introduce the themes and then open the floor to a panel of pre-selected companies to showcase innovative ideas for collaboration.
Aerospace Electrical Systems Expo will focus on and bring together manufacturers and suppliers of products including:
- Batteries
- Power management & distribution (PMAD)
- Electrical power conversion systems (EPCS)
- Aircraft cable & harness assemblies
- Semiconductors
- Embedded systems
- Proton exchange membrane fuel cells
- Electrical architecture & design
- Electrical testing
- Photovoltaics
- Wire insulation systems
- Printed circuit boards (PCBs)
- Electric hybrid aircraft
- Connectors
- Circuit breakers
- Fuel cells
- Auxiliary power units (APUs)
- Stand-alone power distribution units (SSCB)
- Databus cables & cable looms
- Electrical engineering software
- Aircraft wire identification coding
- Configuration management
- AC/DC power
- Standards & compliance