本雜志致力于通過傳播揭示新的理論發(fā)展和/或?qū)嶒灲Y(jié)果的原始檔案研究論文，促進航天和航空科學技術(shù)的進步。主題包括空氣聲學、空氣動力學、燃燒、推進原理、流體力學和反應流、航空環(huán)境的基本方面、流體動力學、激光和相關(guān)現(xiàn)象、等離子體、研究儀器和設(shè)施、結(jié)構(gòu)力學和材料、最優(yōu)化、熱力學和熱化學。此外，還要求發(fā)表論文，集中審查上述任何主題的最近研究進展的結(jié)果。

This Journal is devoted to the advancement of the science and technology of astronautics and aeronautics through the dissemination of original archival research papers disclosing new theoretical developments and/or experimental results. The topics include aeroacoustics, aerodynamics, combustion, fundamentals of propulsion, fluid mechanics and reacting flows, fundamental aspects of the aerospace environment, hydrodynamics, lasers and associated phenomena, plasmas, research instrumentation and facilities, structural mechanics and materials, optimization, and thermomechanics and thermochemistry. Papers also are sought which review in an intensive manner the results of recent research developments on any of the topics listed above.