2026 Flight Test Safety Workshop
5-6 May 2026
Fort Worth, TX
Call for Abstracts
The Flight Test Safety Committee, a joint committee of SFTE, AIAA, and SETP, is pleased to announce that the North American Flight Test Safety Workshop will be held 5-6 May 2026 in Fort Worth, Texas. This year's Workshop Chair is Tom Currie, Bell.
A Tutorial will be held on Tuesday 5 May followed by a Technical Tour. Technical presentations will be held on Wednesday 6 May followed by an Award Dinner where the Dave Houle Best Paper Award, Tony LeVier Flight Test Safety Award and the Hugh Dryden Flight Test Safety Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented.
This is an official call for abstracts.
For the technical presentation portion of the Workshop, we want to hear from testers on all subject matters.
Each technical presentation selected is given a 30-minute slot (25 minutes for the technical presentation and 5 minutes for questions from the audience). No proceedings are published for this Workshop, therefore formal written papers are not required.
Please send abstracts to the 2026 Flight Test Safety Workshop Chair via This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
The deadline for abstracts is 4 February 2026 to allow time for appropriate consideration and inclusion in the program.
REMINDER: You do not have to be an SETP , SFTE, or AIAA Member to submit an abstract, so please share with your flight test colleagues.
Tutorial details and the registration site will be available soon!