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Aircraft manufacturer AURA AERO has cut the ribbon on an 11,000 sq. ft facility at Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University’s Research Park that will serve as its U.S. headquarters and first production site. The campus will host the North American Delivery and Customer Support Center for the INTEGRAL program and lay the groundwork for the company’s hybrid-electric ERA aircraft.

Flexjet Chairman Kenn Ricci, his wife Pamela and their family have endowed two faculty chairs at Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University focused on innovation in aviation, aerospace or space. Not only will the two gifts enable the university to address the industry’s most important innovation challenges, but the gifts will also attract top faculty talent and drive student innovation at Embry‑Riddle, the global leader in aviation and aerospace higher education.

For the past three years, Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University student Celso Ferreira de Moura has juggled his studies with on- and off-campus jobs to cover his expenses.

In August 2020, a storm known as Tropical Depression #13 began moving from south of Florida into the Gulf of Mexico. The information available to National Hurricane Center forecasters presented great uncertainty regarding whether it would intensify and, if so, by how much.

Nine Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University faculty members have been recognized for outstanding research and innovation through the university's Research Awards Program.

Darren Pleasance, president and CEO of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA), urged Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University students to say yes to opportunity and “get in touch with what lights you up.”

On sky-blue letterhead, an eagle and globe encircle the words Embry-Riddle International School of Aviation.

The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) has named three Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University faculty members to its 2026 Class of Associate Fellows — an honor recognizing their outstanding contributions to the field of aerospace.

While living with a Kyrgyz family this summer, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University student Christopher Miller improved his Russian language skills and sampled Central Asian delicacies, including fermented horse milk.

Local K–12 students and their families flocked to Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University's Flight Training Complex on the Prescott Campus for the university’s seventh annual Girls in Aviation Day (GIAD) celebration.