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Gen. Norton A. Schwartz — who served as the 19th Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force and commanded joint special operations in northern Iraq during the Gulf War — recently spent three days speaking with Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University students, faculty and Air Force ROTC cadets during his second visit as Executive in Residence at the renowned David B. O’Maley College of Business.

People who have trouble walking could get comfortable, customized assistance from a wearable robotic device, known as an exoskeleton, developed by Embry-Riddle researchers with a $523,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

A team of interns at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Center for Aerospace Resilient Systems (CARS) spent this summer improving several capabilities for the center’s Systems Integration Lab, including a new space satellite simulation tool. They presented the applications at DEF CON 34, the world’s largest cybersecurity conference.

In its annual review of the nation’s best colleges and universities, U.S. News & World Report awarded Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University eight separate top-five rankings, including for aerospace engineering, overall quality, innovation and academic programs for student veterans.

The 2026 Boeing Scholars class includes 10 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University first-year students pursuing degrees in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Aeronautical Science and Aviation Business Administration at the university’s Daytona Beach and Prescott campuses.

For the 16th consecutive year, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University has been named as one of the nation’s Great Colleges to Work For, according to a review of universities across the United States by the Great Colleges to Work For® program.

With the latest AI technology showing extraordinary promise for aviation, more than 150 industry leaders gathered to discuss real-world use cases and assess their organizations’ readiness to adopt the technology, as well as build a culture of responsible, safe AI use.

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University student Andrew Mayott saw the need for a drone that could carry heavy loads — so he decided to form his own aerospace startup company to design and build one.

For four days, drones crisscrossed land and ocean north of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Daytona Beach Campus, collecting data on sea breezes.

Nearly 700 Embry-Riddle ROTC cadets and midshipmen — most if not all of whom were born after 9/11— traversed about 2,100 steps at the Daytona International Speedway to remember the lives lost in the terrorist attacks 25 years ago.

When she first arrived at Embry-Riddle, Aeronautical Science student Liyat Tsehai said she had to learn not to measure her progress against classmates who already had aviation experience.

In his latest Aviation Week essay, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University President P. Barry Butler, Ph.D., highlights how coordination between the public and private sectors — as well as academia — is crucial to safely launching and integrating advanced air mobility (AAM) aircraft into the nation’s airspace.