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Raspet research director presents at aviation business executive conference

A member of the Raspet Flight Research Laboratory’s leadership team is scheduled to present at Mississippi’s premier aviation conference.

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MSU flight lab studies ag aviation patterns with eye toward UAS integration

One hundred years after airplanes were first used in applying insecticide to crops, a Mississippi State flight lab seeks to understand how today’s agricultural aviators can safely share the skies with technology those early agriculturalists could not have imagined – unmanned aircraft systems.

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MSU’s Raspet Flight Lab to bring 1940s-era airplane to Louisville airshow

A Boeing Stearman biplane owned by Mississippi State’s Raspet Flight Research Laboratory will be displayed during Saturday’s Wings Over Winston Airshow at the Louisville Winston County Airport.

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ARM Aerial Facility tests instrument configuration in skies above Mississippi

High above the pastoral landscape of Greenwood, Mississippi, flights of an uncrewed aerial system (UAS) tested the configuration of instrumentation for the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Aerial Facility (AAF).

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MSU, Kansas State, NIST partner for UAS search and rescue competition

Participants are invited to compete for up to $720,000 in prizes in an unmanned aircraft system design and build challenge co-managed by a Mississippi State University flight laboratory.

Image Alternative Text: Matt Newburn, from left, of ARM, along with Connor White and Miles Ennis, both of Raspet Flight Research Lab, integrate instrumentation into a TigerShark unmanned aircraft. (Photo by Chris Bryant)

DOE teams with MSU’s Raspet Flight Research Lab to fine-tune UAS used in atmospheric research

A U.S. Department of Energy facility is partnering with Mississippi State’s flight research laboratory to fine-tune the in-flight performance of unmanned aircraft systems used in atmospheric research.

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Mississippi researchers make history in unmanned aviation at the state's busiest airport

Researchers at Mississippi State University are breaking new ground in aviation by flying an unmanned aircraft at Mississippi's busiest airport. Experts say this technology could revolutionize emergency response in the state.

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JMAA partners with MSU to advance unmanned aircraft systems

The Jackson Municipal Airport Authority partnered with Mississippi State University’s Raspet Flight Research Laboratory to accomplish another aviation milestone for Unmanned Aircraft Systems.

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JMAA works with MSU to fly unmanned planes at Jackson airport

The Jackson Municipal Airport Authority teamed with Mississippi State University’s Raspet Flight Research Laboratory to advance unmanned aviation.

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