New FAA Grant To Help Embry-Riddle Researchers Improve Drone Safety
Researchers at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University recently received a $371,000 grant from the Federal Aviation Administration to study the detection systems of uncrewed aerial systems…
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Turtle Trackers Fly Drones Out of Sight
In a first, an uncrewed aircraft system, or drone, operated by an Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University team has begun searching for threatened and endangered sea turtles beyond visual…
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Eyes in the Sky: Eagles Use Drones to Improve Tactical Response Against Active Shooters
Researchers at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University are investigating the use of drones in active shooter scenarios, to help law enforcement more quickly identify assailants and their…
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Eagles Use Drones to Track Invasive Pythons in the Everglades
An unknown number of invasive Burmese pythons, some measuring up to 18 feet long, slither throughout Florida’s Everglades, eluding wildlife workers who seek to manage their population.…
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Chasing Air Taxis: Eagles Simulate Drone Routes to Advance NASA Research
Researchers at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University helped bring the goal of widespread drone delivery service and air taxis closer to fruition recently, by flying small un-crewed aircraft…
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New Drone-Safety Initiative Could be Key to Unlocking the National Airspace
Research currently being conducted at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s College of Aviation could play a major role in expanding restrictions on small Unmanned Aircraft Systems…
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Low-Altitude Flight to Help Eagles Predict Monsoons
To better predict damaging, destructive thunderstorms associated with monsoons in Arizona, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University researchers are deploying drones and a manned airplane,…
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Faculty Conduct Remote Drone Operation in Oregon
The goal of fully integrating unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) or "drones" into the national airspace system is still a long way off, but four members of the Embry-Riddle Worldwide Campus…
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Eagles Build Drone, Win Third Overall at International Competition
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University students scored big at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics’ (AIAA) Design, Build, Fly competition, which pits university…
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Worldwide Campus Leads Drone Research, Passes Flight Milestone
Worldwide Campus researchers recently partnered with marine biologists at Starry Hill Observatory in Eatonville, Washington, to lead tests measuring the noise impacts of ten different…
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Eagle Researchers Work to Improve Drone Awareness for Airspace and Aircraft Security
With more and more drones in flight each year and more and more sightings of drones intruding into airspace occupied by manned aircraft, a team of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University…
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Birds vs. Planes: Embry-Riddle Students Conduct Study of Aircraft Wildlife Strikes
As an instructor at the Brazilian Air Force Academy, Flavio Antonio Coimbra Mendonça was flying in formation when one of his colleagues experienced a bird strike to the leading…
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Honeywell, Embry-Riddle Partner to Produce Air Taxi Innovators
As Honeywell partners with Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University to design air taxis and help shape the Urban Air Mobility (UAM) industry, students are benefitting from hands-on research…
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Worldwide College of Aeronautics Instructor Highlights Augmented Reality Pros and Cons in Rotor Drone Pro Article
Military pilots have been using augmented reality (AR) systems to enhance their situational awareness since World War II. Heads-Up Displays (HUDs) allow the pilot to see vital information…
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Preventing Autonomous Vehicle Crashes: Eagle Researchers Search for Solutions
Embry-Riddle researchers are working on a solution to a significant safety problem involving semi-autonomous vehicles after crashes occurred when the vehicles did not detect firetrucks…
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