Applied Vehicle Technology (AVT) Panel Office

The Applied Vehicle Technology Panel strives to improve the performance, affordability, and safety of vehicles through advancement of appropriate technologies. The Panel addresses Mechanical Systems, Structures and Materials, Propulsion and Power Systems operating in all environments (land, sea, air, and space), for both new and ageing systems.

To accomplish this mission the members of the AVT community exploit their joint expertise in the fields of:

  • Mechanical systems, structures and materials
  • Propulsion and power systems
  • Performance, stability and control, fluid physics.

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AVT-407 Call for Papers on System Qualification and Certification by Analysis

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The NATO S&T Collaboration Support Office and the Applied Vehicle Technology (AVT) Panel are pleased to announce the AVT-407 Research Workshop on 

"System Qualification and Certification by Analysis"

to be held in Riga, LATVIA

tbd October 2025

(In conjunction with the 56th AVT Panel Business Week, date tbd October 2025)

The event is open to citizens from NATO Nations, Australia and Japan

 

Theme:

 The scope of the workshop is broad, covering the use of modelling and simulation to support qualification and certification of land-, air- and sea-based systems. It encompasses all engineering disciplines across the full system lifecycle. The programme committee particularly seeks contributions addressing the following four key thematic areas:

  • The development and use of modelling and simulation capabilities in the context of system qualification and certification.
  • Model assurance. Tools, methods and processes for establishing stakeholder confidence and credibility in model predictions and the use of model predictions for high-consequence decision making.
  • Simulation management, governance and regulation.
  • Education and Training.

The main objectives of the Research Workshop are:

  • To provide an opportunity to gather together experts, specialists and interested stakeholders with an interest in system qualification and certification by analysis;
  • To provide a forum to share existing knowledge and practice;
  • To identify and prioritize remaining challenges that require further research and development.

Topics to be covered:

Papers are invited in the areas of:

Modelling and simulation capabilities in the context of system qualification and certification:

  • physics based models
  • data based models
  • coupling of Physics and data-based models
  • machine learning and artificial intelligence
  • digital twins
  • model based engineering
  • model based systems engineering
  • use of physical test data in modelling and simulation
  • coupling of physical test and computational modeling
  • use of in-service data
  • digital thread and digital fabric
  • risk and rare even prediction

Model assurance:

  • model credibility assurance
  • verification and validation
  • uncertainty quantification

Simulation governance:

  • simulation process and data management
  • model and simulation management and governance
  • regulatory policy

And education, development and certification of suitably qualified and experienced personnel.

All details about deadlines and the abstract submission are provided in the document "AVT-407-RWS-CfP" on the right side below the map.

NOTE: Deadline for submission of abstracts is 02 March 2025

Riga
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AVT-417 Call for Papers on Platform Implications for Hybrid Space Architectures for NATO Missions

Call for Papers Applied Vehicle Technology (AVT) Panel Office Free event

NATO S&T Collaboration Support Office

NATO Science & Technology Organization (STO) Collaboration Support Office (CSO)

 Scientific and Technical Committee (STC) Applied Vehicle Technology (AVT)

 

 Preliminary Meeting Announcement and

Call for Papers

For AVT- 417 Research Specialists’ Meeting

on

 "Platform Implications for Hybrid Space Architectures for NATO Missions"

to be held in Riga, Latvia

Date tbd Oct 2025

(In conjunction with the 56th AVT Panel Business Meeting, Oct 2025)

Contributions and participation are open to citizens from NATO Nations, STO EOP Nations (Australia and Japan), and New Zealand

 

Background

Space is considered a highly dynamic and rapidly evolving area essential to NATO’s deterrence posture and defence capabilities. In 2019, NATO’s Space Policy recognized space as a new operational domain, similar to the air, land, sea and cyber domains. This Space Policy provides guidelines for space systems to ensure that space assets are able to provide timely communications, navigation and intelligence for NATO missions. Through the use of advanced satellite systems, NATO is able to respond with greater speed, effectiveness, efficiency and precision, in addition to cost-effectiveness.

NATO Member and commercial space capabilities are vital and central to NATO operations and their economic security. They are increasingly threatened militarily by potential adversaries. To meet these challenges and retain NATO primacy in space, NATO bodies should partner with the space industry to rapidly transition to a Hybrid Space Architecture (HSA).

The main objectives of the Research Specialists' Meeting are:

To promote the exchange of state-of-the-art knowledge on Platform Implications for Hybrid Space Architectures for NATO Missions, which is vital for NATO defence. NATO is critically dependent on space capabilities and services to conduct military missions and related responsibilities of the Alliance in a responsive and efficient manner. These missions include homeland and global security, out-of-area peace-keeping missions with rapid reaction forces, and asymmetric warfare.

Topics to be covered:

Interested speakers are invited to submit papers on the following topics:

  • Multi-path, adaptive, secure communications, open mission systems, common standards
  • Edge processing, autonomous command and control/tip and cue, artificial intelligence, distributed ledgers, and reliance of on-board computational architecture.
  • Dynamic tasking algorithms allows adaptive mission planning using diverse asset capabilities
  • Technologies that enable secure operations, prevent cyber-attacks, and ensure data integrity
  • Rapid access to space, rocket payload integration strategies for hybrid space architecture
  • Low-cost commercial bulk launch, responsive and resilient small launch
  • Platform precision position and vector sharing requirements for hybrid missions.
  • Platform – Sensor compatibility, Distributed operations, Fractioned sensors and data fusion solutions, reinforcement Learning in Orbital Servicing
  • Commercial/Military constellation for on-board computational architecture
  • Mission level autonomy for constellation and survivability of mission operations
  • Intersatellite links for multi-orbit constellation
  • Cloud-based systems to realize platform-centric to information-centric paradigm to improve resilience in space system
  • Platform implications for HSA for hypersonic missile defence

 

 All details about deadlines and abstract submission are provided in the document "AVT-417_RSM_CfP" on the right side below the map.

 Note: Final date for submission of abstracts is 14th February 2025

Tuesday, 07. October 2025 until Thursday, 09. October 2025 08:00 - 17:30
Riga
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