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MSU hosts competition awarding $720,000 to drone enthusiasts for their innovative ideas

Mississippi State University’s Raspet Flight Research Laboratory recently played an integral role in an unmanned aircraft systems flight competition in Starkville, Mississippi, where $720,000 in prize money was awarded through federal innovation funding to drone enthusiasts.

Image Alternative Text: Two people, including a drone pilot, watch as a drone hovers nearby.

MSU’s Raspet Flight Lab working with 911 Security to ensure safe drone use on campus

In another proactive approach to campus safety, Mississippi State University’s Raspet Flight Research Laboratory is partnering with Dallas-based 911 Security to assist in monitoring drone activity on campus.

Image Alternative Text: A person holds a drone controller in his hand while a teammate looks at a laptop during a competition.

Drone competition is underway in Starkville and it's going to be essential for law enforcement

Teams from across the nation competed in the third stage of the First Responders UAS Triple Challenge in Starkville.

Image Alternative Text: A group of 16 people posed in front of a projection screen displaying a graphic containing Raspet Flight Lab and Engineer Research and Development Center logos.

Raspet, Army engineer researchers discuss UAS efforts

Mississippi State representatives, including members of the Raspet Flight Research Laboratory, toured the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center headquarters in March to discuss the two group’s shared interests and expertise in unmanned aircraft systems.

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Multiple MSU aircraft highlighted at Wings Over Columbus Air Show

Three airplanes from Mississippi State University’s Raspet Flight Research Laboratory, as well as an unmanned aircraft system, will be displayed March 26-27 at the Wings Over Columbus Air Show at Columbus Air Force Base.

Image Alternative Text: A man looks inside the cockpit of a Raspet Flight Lab Stearman airplane.

National Guard receives professional development at MSU, Raspet

About 60 Mississippi National Guard members recently attended a two-day lecture series at Mississippi State designed to develop the critical thinking skills of the Guard’s future senior leaders.

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UAS SUCCESS IN SKIES ABOVE OKLAHOMA

For eight days in November 2021, something unexpected was in the skies above the wheat and corn fields near the small towns of Blackwell and Tonkawa in the north-central reaches of Oklahoma.

Image Alternative Text: A propeller mounted to a test stand is shown inside the flight lab's acoustic anechoic chamber.

This laboratory perfects drones in an ultra-quiet room

Engineers at Mississippi State University’s Raspet Flight Research Laboratory have constructed a special interior room to conduct research on making quieter unmanned aircraft systems.

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Expo to highlight Raspet's ag aviation analysis, UAS influence

A national agriculture trade show will highlight recent ag aviation research by a Mississippi State flight lab during a Dec. 6 panel discussion in Savannah, Georgia.

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