Dear IEEE members and guests,The next IEEE Control, Aerospace and Electronic Systems (CAES) seminar will be on Monday, 23 February, 2026 at 7pm (Adelaide time). You can join virtually on <a href="http://webex.The" target="_blank" title="webex.The">webex.The speaker is Senior Research Engineer Joseph Luppino. He will be presenting a seminar on:Hypersonic Rocket Research at ASTAbstract:Vehicles that travel at hypersonic speeds, greater than 5 times the speed-of-sound, must withstand extreme loads. A designer's challenge lies in realising a design that can complete the intended mission while minimising cost. This presentation will introduce: what hypersonics is, who uses hypersonic technologies, and why maturing hypersonic technologies is <a href="http://difficult.This" target="_blank" title="difficult.This">difficult.This presentation also discusses the methods available for the testing and evaluation of hypersonic technologies. This presentation closes on the discussion of designing the Common Front End flight testbed - a proposed flight-testbed concept developed in collaboration between the University of New South Wales, Canberra and Lockheed Martin Australia. The purpose of the Common Front End is to increase opportunities to flight-test and mature emerging high-speed technologies developed by various government, industry, and university research <a href="http://groups.Bio:Joseph" target="_blank" title="groups.Bio:Joseph">groups.Bio:Joseph Luppino is a Senior Research Engineer at Lockheed Martin Australia’s Advanced Systems & Technologies (AST), formerly known as STELaRLab. AST is the OneLMA research and development entity in Australia which delivers world-class outcomes that support the defence and national security of Australia and its <a href="http://allies.Joseph" target="_blank" title="allies.Joseph">allies.Joseph completed a Bachelor of Science in Experimental and Theoretical Physics, and a Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at The University of Adelaide. Joseph works across numerous projects and has experience in designing, modelling, simulating, and analysing high-speed <a href="http://systems.Speaker(s):" target="_blank" title="systems.Speaker(s):">systems.Speaker(s): JosephVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/518452