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Registration is now open for ASCENDxTexas 2027! 🚀

Join the space community 24–25 February 2027 in Houston for two days of conversations focused on the innovation and adaptation needed to navigate an evolving space economy.

Connect with voices from NASA, industry, academia, government, and the private sector as we explore emerging opportunities, challenges, programs, and strategies shaping the future of space.

📍 South Shore Harbour Resort and Conference Center
📅 24–25 February 2027

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Big numbers. Even bigger opportunities to discover what’s next ➡️

With thousands of technical presentations, hundreds of sessions, and experts from across the aerospace community, #AIAASciTech is the place to exchange ideas, challenge thinking, and build knowledge together. 💡📚

Be part of the discovery. See you at SciTech. 🔗: bit.ly/4aDOZ2k

Up Next: The Quantum Horizon with Lockheed Martin’s Sarah Hiza

Join us to explore how quantum technology could reshape aerospace and national Security. Lockheed Martin’s SVP of Technology and Strategic Innovation Sarah Hiza talks with Clay and Jessica “STING” Peterson to separate opportunity from hype, translate quantum science into real-world systems, and discuss how we must prepare the aerospace workforce for a quantum-enabled future.

Chapters
02:20 How Does Lockheed Martin View Quantum Across Aerospace
04:42 Why Quantum in Aerospace and Why Now
06:48 Schrodinger's Cat – Understanding Quantum's Cryptological Advantages
08:18 How Does Quantum Complement AI Technologies? And GPS?
11:53 GPS-Free Navigation with Quantum
14:24 Quantum Error Rate - Eliminate the Noise for a Clear Signal
18:09 Testing Quantum in the Real World
22:00 Lockheed Martin's Quantum Innovation Center (QuIC)
24:52 Winning the Quantum Race
27:00 The Path to Ruggedized Quantum
28:22 Public and Private Investment in Quantum
30:40 Executive Order (June 2026) Significance on Quantum
33:07 Quantum in the Subterranean Domain
36:18 Working at Lockheed Martin: Importance of Hands-on Student Experiences like AIAA Design/Build/Fly
41:40 Outdoor Leadership: The Parallels to Aerospace Engineering
46:00 What’s Up Next in Aerospace Technology: U-Hawk, Loyal Wingman

THE QUANTUM RACE HAS BEGUN. 🚨🏁

Sensors that could see through weather, rock, soil, and water. China is investing. The world is racing. The stakes? National security.

@LockheedMartin's Sara Hiza (SVP, Technology and Strategic Innovation) joins Up Next to reveal what quantum could mean for aerospace and why she says leading this race is “a must.”

We asked her the question everyone wants answered: Is America leading right now?

Also hear:
🔹 How future fighter aircraft may look the same on the outside, but be connected, collaborative, and able to operate in GPS-denied environments
🔹 Why Lockheed Martin Ventures raised its fund from $400M to $1B to back quantum, AI, and more
🔹 What detection capabilities will be possible based on their recent quantum-enabled LiDAR demo in Santa Cruz

🎧 Listen now: bit.ly/4Au5fxt