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One of the first female African American captains to fly for American Airlines, Mika Tang spent nearly 20 years as a cargo and passenger airline pilot.

Researchers have developed a new way to accurately count and objectively analyze close encounters between drones and airplanes — without depending solely on pilot sightings.

Challenged in a global competition to design, build and test an uncrewed aerial vehicle to combat electronic warfare, Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University students ranked third place among more than 80 teams from around the world.

High noise levels during flight have long been a barrier to the advancement of urban air mobility (UAM) vehicles, or “air taxis.”

Late last month, two Meteorology undergraduates from Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University experienced a rare research opportunity.

Developing students’ critical thinking skills is the primary objective of the department’s newest area of concentration: Avionics Cyber Technology and Security.

Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University student Patrick Hunter has his career sights set on remote piloting drones to utilize uncrewed aircraft systems in exciting, new ways. Already, as a student in the Master of Science in Unmanned Systems program, he has been involved in a project using drones to track endangered turtles.

When an animal’s life is at stake, every second counts. Nowhere is this felt more keenly than southern Africa’s game reserves, where increasingly sophisticated poaching squads are decimating elephant and rhino populations on a daily basis.

What if vehicles could be assembled in space without human supervision? Dr. Hever Moncayo, Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University associate professor of Aerospace Engineering, believes it's possible.

As a student, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University alumna Rocio Frej Vitalle ('12) worked in the Eagle Flight Research Center, which helped land her first job modeling and simulating uncrewed flights for FAA NextGen projects.

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 sight lines.

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 weapons.