Title Date Location TypeAction
Keystone Space Collaborative 2024 Annual Conference
Oct 28 - Oct 29
Industry Event
This year’s conference theme, “Building a Tri-State Space Strategy,” will unite the unique strengths and opportunities of the Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia region. The event will bring together key stakeholders in space industry development, research and development, advocacy, and workforce innovation. Attendees will include leading figures from the Tri-State’s burgeoning space sector, influential federal, state, and local legislators, and top decision-makers from NASA and the Department of Defense. This gathering aims to foster collaboration and drive forward a unified strategy for advancing the region’s role in the national and global space landscape.
Hypersonic Defense 2024
Oct 29 - Oct 30
Industry Event
During the 2-day Hypersonic Defence conference and exhibition the event will discuss the current hypersonic capabilities of the United States military in regards to offensive and defensive scenarios. There will be a focus on the current testing and research being conducted on hypersonic weapon flight testing and flows. There will be discussion on the current collaborations and support universities and research labs provide to improve hypersonic defense capabilities.

On-Demand Events and Webinars

TitleDateLocationAction
Digital Mission Engineering: Cutting-edge Analysis of EDGE Compute Nodes & 5G On-Demand [self-paced] Online Access Resources

This webinar will show how you can use digital mission engineering software to model EDGE nodes in an extensive system and assess them for signal integrity, power integrity, thermal integrity, structural integrity, antenna systems, and large system deployment.

Digital Transformation: Connecting Your MBSE Models to Mission Outcomes On-Demand [self-paced] Online Access Resources

This webinar will demonstrate an Ansys solution of high-fidelity modeling software integrated with a physics-based digital mission engineering environment.

Full Mission Support with Ansys HFSS and STK On-Demand [self-paced] Online Access Resources

The addition of STK to the Ansys simulation portfolio puts you in the unique position of providing customers with a complete end-to-end simulation workflow from component level to full mission support. Register for this upcoming webinar on full mission support.

Exploring Emergent Behavior in your Mission Simulation On-Demand [self-paced] Online Access Resources

This webinar will explain how Ansys ModelCenter’s Behavior Execution Engine (BEE) provides a mechanism to incorporate behavioral modeling alongside other simulations. We will use an example UAV scenario to evaluate the UAV’s sensor against an unknown interference source located within our area of interest.

Enabling MBSE and Simulation Data Management On-Demand [self-paced] Online Access Resources

In this video, we’ll discuss the critical capabilities of Ansys Minerva and Ansys ModelCenter as they relate to managing simulation data, automating multi-tool processes, and unifying the digital ecosystem. In addition, we’ll demonstrate how they address challenges related to data democratization, digital thread traceability, and requirements validation.

Digital Transformation and MBSE: Leveraging Solutions For the Future On-Demand [self-paced] Online Access Resources

Aerospace and defense organizations recognize that formalizing the development, integration, and use of models to inform program decisions is essential for true digital transformation. This video teaches how your organization can use Ansys solutions to achieve a connected digital thread through model-based systems engineering (MBSE).

Solving 5G Interference to Aircraft Radar Altimeters with Simulation On-Demand [self-paced] Online Access Resources

In the beginning of 2022, new 5G C-band cellular services were initiated across the U.S., sparking concern that signals from the 5G radio units could interfere with aircraft and rotorcraft radar altimeters. The question of the radio frequency (RF) coexistence of these systems was raised by the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) in early January, leading cellular service providers to delay the use of the new cellular band. In this webinar, you will learn how modeling and simulation provides a powerful capability to explore any radar altimeter, on any aircraft, at any airport runway, against any C-band 5G service towers within a given radius.

Visualizing Data from E-O and Radar Sensors in the Mission Environment On-Demand [self-paced] Online Access Resources

Learn how you can use Ansys electromagnetic and optics simulation solutions to incorporate high-fidelity data generation of radar and electro-optical sensors in your target analysis.

Digitally Modeling and Analyzing 5G Infrastructure Performance Across Dynamic Urban Operations On-Demand [self-paced] Online Access Resources

In this second part of a two part series, see how you can rapidly analyze and understand design trade-offs and performance impacts across the full design space during the 5G infrastructure planning journey.

New Astrogator Features in STK 12.4 On-Demand [self-paced] Online Access Resources

STK 12.4 upgrades the Astrogator capability with new Fast Lambert profiles, which give a first-guess for a transfer trajectory, and improved access to a trajectory's state transition matrix (STM). Finally, this release includes several improvements to Astrogator’s rendezvous and proximity.

FMI/FMU Support for Reduced-Order Modeling in STK 12.4 On-Demand [self-paced] Online Access Resources

Join this webinar to learn about the new FMI/FMU plugin in STK 12.4. This new plugin enables you to integrate with Ansys physics solvers through FMUs, so you can create a mission simulation that accounts for dynamical characteristics of mechanical, electronic, and fluids subsystems. Using reduced order models (ROM) to decrease simulation runtime is crucial to maximizing the effectiveness of digital mission engineering, because in the conception phase of the engineering life cycle, you need to evaluate as many alternatives as possible before committing to any one design path.

Mission Sustainability: Why a Connected Digital Thread Matters On-Demand [self-paced] Online Access Resources

Phases of a product or program life cycle are often disconnected, which can lead to delays, increased costs, and reduced quality. Incorporating a connected digital thread — using Ansys’ best-in-class tools — ties physics-based models to requirements and provides an authoritative source of truth at every stage of the life cycle. In this webinar we’ll provide a highlevel overview of a complete digital thread that incorporates model-based systems engineering, simulation process and data management, digital mission engineering, and digital prototype validation.

Optimal Antenna Placement Based on Environmental Conditions On-Demand [self-paced] Online Access Resources

In this webinar, Justin Williams demonstrates how to use Systems Tool Kit and HFSS to design a high fidelity antenna for a satellite. Justin shows you how to iterate antenna placement based on satellite body interactions and measure the antenna placement against mission goals of ground communications in urban environments and valleys.

Using CFD to Understand the Effects on Vehicle Reentry Landing Zones On-Demand [self-paced] Online Access Resources

In this webinar, Andrew Arnold demonstrates how you can connect mission outcomes to detailed engineering simulations using STK, Ansys Fluent, and Ansys Model Center. Andrew uses these software tools to compute the landing position of a crewed vehicle on its reentry from space, and shows you how you can use these computations to plan your recovery operation.

An Astrodynamic Adventure with Astrogator On-Demand [self-paced] Online Access Resources

Cody Short, lead developer of STK Astrogator, gives an overview of its capabilities. Used for over two decades by space professionals, STK Astrogator provides everything mission planners need to develop, optimize, and validate flight-ready trajectory solutions while revealing mission-critical insights that can decrease overall program costs.

Living with Large Constellations On-Demand [self-paced] Online Access Resources

Dr. Jim Woodburn talks about challenges facing mission designers and satellite operators in the looming era of megaconstellations. Key concepts are highlighted through sample analyses and visualization using the Satellite Collection feature of STK (available for preview in STK 12.2 with a special license).

Automatic Object Detection and Tracking from Imagery On-Demand [self-paced] Online Access Resources

Learn how to detect and track objects from synthetic scenes generated with EOIR. Applications engineer, Austin Claybrook, walks through how to generate, process, and use the images to drive tracking behavior. This webinar utilizes STK's open API to drive the process in Python. Examples include rocket launches, hypersonic glide vehicles, and RPO missions.

Creating Rendezvous and Proximity Operations Sequences in STK Astrogator On-Demand [self-paced] Online Access Resources

As part of the 2021 Astrogator Summit, AGI technical director Doug Cather discussed how you can radically improve the efficiency of rendezvous and proximity operations (RPO) mission planning using STK Astrogator. Join us March 17 for Doug's presentation from the Summit demonstrating the advanced capabilities that Astrogator adds to Systems Tool Kit (STK) — such as advanced force modeling and maneuver targeting.

Integrating systems models with analysis On-Demand [self-paced] Online Access Resources

Ansys provides perspectives and approaches for integrating SysML system models with analysis tools. In particular, this presentation focuses on automating physics-based evaluations of variations in mission and systems structure, behavior, and performance.

Digital Engineering Air Systems Showcase On-Demand [self-paced] Online Access Resources

We compiled the resources from our Digital Engineering Air Systems Showcase to review at your convenience.

Orbit Determination Tool Kit (ODTK) Overview On-Demand [self-paced] Online Access Resources

AGI’s Orbit Determination Tool Kit (ODTK) provides orbit determination and analysis support for satellites and their tracking systems. Tom Johnson covers basic ODTK concepts and provides real-world scenarios to familiarize you with its capabilities.

Test & Evaluation Tool Kit (TETK) Overview & Demo On-Demand [self-paced] Online Access Resources

AGI's Joe Murphy and Kyle Kochel discuss and demonstrate how application of TETK's mission-centric capabilities can help validate test plans, increase awareness during test execution, and accelerate post-test data analysis.

Evolution of Digital Twins Webinar On-Demand [self-paced] Online Access Resources

Digital prototypes are used to design, test, operate, and maintain a system throughout its life cycle. AGI senior systems engineer Josh Reicher explains how implementing the Design Reference Mission in an ecosystem of commercially available software tools (including STK, ModelCenter, Ansys tools, SysML) enables the evolution of your digital prototypes.

Digital Engineering Forum: The Persistent Mission Model On-Demand [self-paced] Online Access Resources

Digital engineering is necessary, but not enough. A persistent mission model is essential to recognizing the full value of the digital engineering enterprise. And a physics-based, multi-domain software environment is essential for building true digital twins at both the platform and the mission level.

Join AGI and our partners for a virtual forum that will explore real-world experiences with implementing digital engineering and extending it to the mission level — from design and testing to operations and analysis.

Dialable Fidelity for EM Spectrum Operations On-Demand [self-paced] Online Access Resources

"Information superiority — even if you have just one sentence more of information than your opponent — that can be the difference between life and death." — Abir Ray, CEO, Expression Networks

In our September 2020 webinar, “Electro-magnetic Battle Management,” Mr. Ray put the stakes of dominating the electromagnetic (EM) spectrum environment to AGI’s Brendan Houlton in simple, powerful terms. But how do you adapt to such a rapidly evolving operational domain? Digital mission engineering is one essential approach.

In this new webinar, our second on the EM spectrum environment, AGI’s Kathryn Lane will demonstrate how the flexibility to “dial” the fidelity of your modeling — one of the signature capabilities of digital mission engineering software — can accelerate your work at every phase of a system’s life cycle. We’ll review practical examples of what this looks like for EM analysis, including modeling the effects of terrain in the RF environment.

Electro-magnetic Battle Management: Operating Today, Preparing for Tomorrow On-Demand [self-paced] Online Access Resources

Please join AGI and Expression Networks for a discussion about the current and future operational considerations for electro-magnetic battle management (EMBM) operations. Abir Ray, Chief Executive Officer of Expression Networks, will share his experience and insights from working hand in hand with the Department of Defense to support critical EMBM operations within the Defense Spectrum Organization (DSO) / Joint Spectrum Center (JSC).

We’ll talk about how technology is shaping today’s fight and where the US and its allies stand in terms of supporting spectrum operations. We’ll also look at what needs to change to ensure that the U.S. maintains a strong leadership position in the radio frequency domain.

Space Software Showcase On-Demand [self-paced] Online Access Resources

Tune in to this on demand webinar to learn more about six key interest areas for today's space professionals.

Topics include:

  • Connecting your models to your mission
  • Rendezvous and proximity operations
  • Cubesat mission design
  • Space situational awareness
  • Phased array radar design
  • Lunar space applications
Enabling Digital Mission Engineering: Performing T&E Throughout the Life Cycle On-Demand [self-paced] Online Access Resources

Shrinking timelines and increasingly complex systems demand a revolutionary approach to test and evaluation (T&E). Join AGI and Keysight to learn how organizations that design and deploy cyber-physical systems can charge ahead of competitors by adopting a digital mission engineering ecosystem. Using existing digital engineering processes and tools, you can perform mission-based T&E activities at every phase of the life cycle.

  • Improve collaboration between system architects, developers, and test and verification personnel.
  • Build a common, mission-driven test infrastructure that enables you to “dial” the fidelity from the individual component level to a system of systems.
  • Evaluate performance against mission objectives in an operational context.
DME: Mission Performance for Hypersonic Systems On-Demand [self-paced] Online Access Resources

AGI Systems engineer Mo Syed analyzes a hypersonic system, including trajectory design, thermal analysis, and communication linkages. An example of digital mission engineering across the life cycle.

Constellation Architecture Design and Analysis SmallSat On-Demand [self-paced] Online Access Resources

Learn about high-level constellation architecture design with STK and how to extend your analysis with programming languages such as Python. Discussion to include analyzing different constellation architectures using the Constellation Wizard python extension and multi-hop link routing selection based on light-time delay and node latency using the Routing Wizard Python extension.

The Digital Design Reference Mission On-Demand [self-paced] Online Access Resources

The physics-based, digital design reference mission (and why you need it).

Are you ready to learn how to substantially accelerate the engineering life cycle?

This webinar is about the core component of digital mission engineering — a physics-based, digital design reference mission. We’ll discuss everything you need to know about it:

  • What it is, when it’s used (hint, always), and why you need it
  • Why it’s essential that it’s physics-based
  • Why it must be digital

We’ll go in-depth and explain how to combine descriptive and physics-based models to create a design reference mission, and then validate consistency with it across the life cycle. To do this, we’ll reference AGI’s Systems Tool Kit (STK) as a common environment for the design reference mission — one that provides a platform for integration and collaboration across organizational boundaries.

Extend Your Expertise Via User Interface Plugins On-Demand [self-paced] Online Access Resources

In the world of digital engineering, it's a rare-to-never moment that you find exactly the right software product for your needs. Usually, you're forced to choose between a tool that doesn't quite fit or a tool that offers too much. Both options are frustrating and inefficient. You might be tempted to develop your own tool, but you're probably underestimating what that will take. Building a custom solution squanders effort in the form of non-recurring engineering development, quality assurance, and future maintenance.

With user interface plugins for Systems Tool Kit (STK), you can design focused workflows to do just about any job. Take full advantage of STK's broad platform of capabilities without cluttering the scene with functions that you don't need. Limit your testing and maintenance to your plugin while AGI maintains and improves everything else. In this webinar, we'll explore the development acceleration possibilities of this extensive option for STK.

Lunar Trajectory Planning On-Demand [self-paced] Online Access Resources

John Carrico and Mike Loucks from Space Exploration Engineering join Jim Woodburn from AGI to discuss different trajectories and strategies for getting to the moon. They cover Apollo-type transfers, transfer to a Near Rectilinear Lunar Orbit like those being considered for the Lunar Gateway, and ballistic lunar transfers that could be useful for transferring cargo to the lunar system. Descriptions of the trajectories are augmented with discussion of force modeling and navigation considerations.

Accelerating the Planning Stage of Rendezvous & Proximity Operations Missions On-Demand [self-paced] Online Access Resources

AGI technical director Doug Cather will discuss how you can radically improve the efficiency of Rendezvous and Proximity Operations (RPO) mission planning. Because of their complexity and the exceptional precision that they require, RPO missions can be plagued with inefficiencies in the planning stage. A digital mission engineering (DME) approach can accelerate this stage. Doug will demonstrate the advanced capabilities — such as spacecraft trajectory modeling and maneuver planning — that the STK Astrogator module adds to our DME platform, Systems Tool Kit (STK).

Revisiting Apollo 13 in STK On-Demand [self-paced] Online Access Resources

50 years ago, the flight and ground crews of Apollo 13 overcame formidable obstacles to return three imperiled astronauts safely to Earth after an onboard explosion. 20 years ago, AGI and our partner, Space Exploration Engineering (SEE), analyzed the mission data. What we found was startling.

Why lunar missions are different (than LEO/GEO missions) On-Demand [self-paced] Online Access Resources

Lunar missions differ from missions in the near-Earth environment in many ways. This webinar will provide an overview of the challenges of designing and operating lunar missions, including:

  • the use of different reference frames
  • trajectory design options
  • the effects of the geometry in the Earth-Moon system on spacecraft visibility and navigation.

Please join John Carrico and Mike Loucks of Space Exploration Engineering and Jim Woodburn from AGI for the first in a series of webinars covering lunar missions.

Orbit Determination using GNSS On-Demand [self-paced] Online Access Resources

Tom Johnson, Vice President of Innovation at AGI, discusses options for using onboard GNSS/GPS receivers to determine a spacecraft’s orbit. He reviews the pros and cons of the data processing options that a satellite operator has with a typical satellite, including examples of real-world data sets.

Predictive Trajectory Analysis Demo On-Demand [self-paced] Online Access Resources

AGI Systems Engineer Selby Stout discussed rendezvous and proximity operations planning using STK.

  • Notional example mission to inspect damaged GEO satellite
  • Using Astrogator to design mission
  • Using STK Analysis Workbench to address complex mission constraints
  • Using the STK API with MATLAB to verify requirements
Large Constellation Analysis On-Demand [self-paced] Online Access Resources

AGI Systems Engineer Austin Claybrook discusses large constellation analysis in STK.

  • Python code for importing large constellations from CelesTrak to STK
  • Streamlining large constellation data import from various sources
  • Begin doing data analysis in manageable chunks

Austin uses notional data and publicly available Starlink data for illustration purposes.

Introduction to Test & Evaluation Tool Kit (TETK) On-Demand [self-paced] Online Access Resources

AGI systems engineers Mo Syed and Lauren McManus talk with Adam Pederson who demonstrates AGI's Test and Evaluation Tool Kit (TETK). TETK is used by the flight and evaluation industry, but is also great of any STK user with external data that they want to bring into an STK scenario for analysis and visualization.

  • Used in any domain for any STK object, not just aircraft
  • Flexible data import and quick analysis
  • Pre-flight or post-flight analysis

Adam walks through everything needed to get up and running with TETK, from loading initial data to using radar return data within STK's 3D globe.