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This year’s Air Race Classic may look a little different, but two teams of dedicated female aviators at the Prescott Campus are ready to rise to the challenge.

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 regarding their aircraft's attitude and performance while simultaneously maintaining visual contact with a target outside the cockpit.

This Aviation Week op-ed explores how Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University drew on aviation’s safety culture to develop new flight training methods amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Research is being conducted at Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University to develop artificial intelligence (AI)-based technologies to ward off or mitigate cyber threats involving airplanes, drones and air traffic control, thanks to a $190,000 Cyber Scholarship Program Award from the Department of Defense (DoD).

This Aviation Week op-ed highlights how the convergence of academia, industry and entrepreneurship can serve as an incubator for innovation.

Facing unprecedented challenges as the fall semester begins at Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University, new Student Government Association (SGA) presidents Melea Tucker, at the Prescott Campus, and Jim Myers, in Daytona Beach, Florida, know that the 2020-2021 school year will be unlike any others in years past.

2020 State of the University Celebrates Continued Excellence

This Aviation Week op-ed discusses how increasingly sophisticated automation in aircraft can be melded with flight training.

Since its launch in 2011, Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University’s Bachelor of Science in Unmanned Aircraft Systems Science (UASS) program has grown to become one of the nation’s most respected UAS programs with several new partnerships and study abroad programs.

Join Embry‑Riddle alumnus and Airbus Americas, Inc. Chairman and CEO C. Jeffrey (Jeff) Knittel (’80) for a free webinar event at 6 p.m. on May 13th as he discusses how Airbus business processes have adapted to the current pandemic and provides his thoughts on the state of the industry and the economic road to recovery.

At first glance, Dan Nyman’s first-place finish in this year’s World Gaming Forza Motorsport 7 North American Championships does not seem to correspond with his major in Meteorology at Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University’s Daytona Beach Campus.

Students are really well set up, coming out of this university,” former Alaska Airlines CEO William (Bill) Ayer said during a recent visit to Embry‑Riddle’s Daytona Beach Campus where he identified eight leadership priorities that help foster excellent customer services.