VFS Luncheon – February 12, 2025 at North Wind Systems

Topic:  North Wind capabilities and past & current activities in support of advanced air vehicle systems design, development, fabrication, integration and testing.

BackgroundNorth Wind and predecessor organizations has supported advanced air vehicle RDT&E program for decades; the Newport News facilities has been a key partner on numerous R&D programs the HRC aviation research community are reliant on.

GuestSpeakers: Messrs. Michael Crawshaw​ & Ben Nelson

Date: Wednesday, 12 Feb 2025​

Time: 1145 -1330

Location: North Wind Systems, 703 City Center Blvd, Newport News, Va. 23606

Menu: Lunch to be a gourmet sandwich assortment catered by “Taste”

Cost: Free to current VFS HRC members (chapter is providing lunch)   


Participation/Restriction:  Due to facility restrictions, this HRC luncheon meeting is RESTRICTED to HRC members who are US Nationals.  Participants must register using the following link –here.  Registration closes on 11 Feb @1200 noon EST

POC: Ben Nelson, benjamin.nelson@north-wind.com

PDF Link: Luncheon Flyer 20250212 North Wind

Upcoming Chapter Events

2025 HRC Luncheons, Conference, and Socials

  • February 13: North Wind NN City Center facilities host luncheon visit (US Nationals ONLY)
  • April 10: Speaker, Mr. Ming Lau, President Hampton Roads Chapter
  • June 12: Speaker, Army – Dillon Snyder, Army VTOL Flight Testing
  • August 14: Speaker, Dr. Noah Schiller, NASA Revolutionary Vertical Lift Technology (RVLT) Overview
  • October 9: Seafood Feast
  • October 21-23: Vertical Lift Structures & Survivability Technical Conference
  • December 11: HRC Christmas Dinner/Social

2026 HRC Luncheons, Conference, and Socials

  • February 12: Vendor site hosted HRC luncheon
  • April 9: Speaker, Army Rotorcraft RDT&E Technology
  • June 11: Speaker, NASA/Army Vertical Lift Technology Brief
  • August 13: Speaker, Industry Vertical Lift RDT&E Highlight
  • October 15: Seafood Feast
  • Oct/Nov/Dec HELMOT (desire to return to October timeframe)
  • December: Christmas Dinner/Social

Vertical Lift Structures and Survivability Technical Meeting

This quadrennial conference will present technologies and programs relating to vertical flight structures, survivability and crash safety enabling increased capability for vertical flight systems. Experts from government, industry and academia will present results from current research, development, test and evaluation projects. Additional details will follow in the next 2 months and will also be posted to the VFS VTOL.ORG website.