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First responders are crafting their skills in piloting drones to better help in emergency situations. Mississippi State University’s Raspet Flight Research Lab hosted an ASSUREd Safe training exercise for area first responders at the Foil Plant Science Research Center off of highway 182. First responders engaged in flight training exercises, practicing maneuvers, evaluating efficiency and …

ASSUREuas, research partner, Raspet Flight Research Lab at Mississippi State University hosted an ASSUREdSafe training exercise for area first responders Read More »

This full-time position will be located at the MSU main campus and requires an innovative leader to lead development in first responder use of drones for public safety and disaster response. This includes developing and managing ASSURE’s education, training, testing, certification, and credentialing of first responders’ use of UAS (ASSUREd Safe) program and the systems …

ASSURE is looking for a new Associate director for ASSUREd Safe. Read More »

ASSURE research experts with the University of North Dakota. Elsight, Sagetech, Iris Automation, and Applied Aeronautics will discuss ongoing UAS right-of-way research for beyond-visual-line-of-sight research during a “Fireside Chat” at the 2023 AUVSI Xponential in Denver. Please joins us on Wednesday, May 10, 3:00 p.m. at the University of North Dakota booth #4049, Denver, Colorado.

Senior leaders from state, federal and Tribal agencies atttended the 2022 Western Regional Partnership’s (WRP) Principals’ Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona. This was the first in-person WRP Principals’ Meeting since November 2019 and was considered a great success. Throughout the meeting, Principals were updated on accomplishments detailed in the 2022 report on Building Resilience in the West for …

ASSURE Leader Joins Top Officials at Resiliency of Airspace WRP Principals’ Meeting Read More »

Virginia Tech has been invited to join an elite consortium of universities to lead research that will help guide the safe integration of uncrewed aerial systems (UAS), or drones, into the national and international transportation infrastructure.  The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)’s Alliance for System Safety of UAS through Research Excellence, or ASSURE, led by Mississippi …

ASSURE Invites Virginia Tech to Join International Drone Research Alliance Read More »

MSU leaders officially unveiled the Teros, the newest addition to Raspet Flight Research Lab’s fleet of uncrewed aircraft systems, or UAS. At 1,800 pounds and with a 40-foot wingspan, it is the largest UAS at any U.S. academic institution. The new aircraft will boost MSU’s efforts to assist government partners in safely integrating UAS into …

ASSURE’s Lead, Mississippi State, Marked Another Milestone in the University’s History of Innovation in Aviation Read More »

Mississippi State University is teaming up with the Mississippi Highway Patrol and Delta State University on a series of research flights this week. The partnership is part of a research project being carried out at MSU’s Raspet Flight Research Lab through ASSURE, the MSU-led Federal Aviation Administration Center of Excellence for UAS Research. The study …

ASSURE’s Research Partner, Raspet Flight Research Lab at MSU, Works with Mississippi Highway Patrol and Delta State on Research Flights Read More »