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        <description><![CDATA[ The Times Higher Education Innovation &amp; Impact Summit at Virginia Tech’s Academic Building One convened more than 200 delegates from 61 universities across 28 countries alongside industry leaders and federal agencies. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The Center of Next Speaker Series, in partnership with Virginia Tech’s Institute for Advanced Computing, brings together experts from academia, industry, and government to discuss the challenges around defending unmanned aerial systems. Part of the conversation spotlights the newly funded Virginia Tech Counter-UAS Research and Testing Center, a first-of-its-kind hub designed to advance real-world solutions at the cutting edge of defense and security. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ On Thursday, Oct. 23, Virginia Tech will convene experts in unmanned aerial systems, national security, high-impact computing, innovation, and business development to discuss the many profound security implications of drones in a free event at Academic Building One in Alexandria.    ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ From predicting pandemics and advancing drone defense to developing new treatments for traumatic brain injuries, new research awards secured by faculty in fiscal year 2025 will drive a wide range of discoveries with a shared goal of improving lives in communities near and far. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Campers gain experience in flying different types of drones, building their own drone, and a flying competition. Imagination is a camp hosted by a partnership between College of Engineering, the Center for Enhancement of Engineering Diversity (CEED), Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science (ICTAS), Wing, and Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership (MAAP). Learn more at https://news.vt.edu/ ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ CoStar Group Inc. recently passed the Federal Aviation Administration-approved means of compliance developed by the Virginia Tech Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership for drone operations over people. This will allow the company to use uncrewed aerial systems to capture some of its most accurate images to date.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Campers gain experience in flying different types of drones, building their own drone, and a flying competition. Imagination is a camp hosted by a partnership between College of Engineering, the Center for Enhancement of Engineering Diversity (CEED), Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science (ICTAS), Wing, and Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership (MAAP). ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The Virginia Tech Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership worked with government agencies and industry to operationalize uncrewed aircraft systems traffic management for the first time in the U.S. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The Virginia Advanced Air Mobility Smart Airspace Program is a university-led initiative to research and develop low level routing and instrument flight procedures for the departure and arrival of advanced air mobility aircraft. This includes the use of vertiports, ultra short access points, and other community-friendly infrastructure.   ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Supported by a $5 million award from the U.S. Department of Defense and led by the Virginia Tech National Security Institute and the Virginia Tech Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership, the Counter UAS Research and Testing Center will include an unparalleled ecosystem of drone research. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Media broadcast group breaks ground by becoming the first media group to meet an FAA- approved means of compliance developed by Virginia Tech Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership’s (MAAP’s) for drone operations over people. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Jones explained the various regulations surrounding drone operations, the challenges of identifying drones in the sky, and the importance of safety measures. He also shared his insights into counter UAS strategies, including detection and mitigation techniques, and its implications for national security, as well as how Virginia Tech is helping advance both. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Unmanned aerial systems (UAS) sightings over New Jersey and other states are bringing questions about the potential risks posed by drones—and the technologies to counter them—to the forefront. Tombo Jones is the director of Virginia Tech’s Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership (MAAP), one of only seven FAA-designated UAS test sites. Jones, his team, and Virginia Tech’s National Security Institute are leading the charge in addressing critical threats posed by the rise of commercial-off-the-shelf UAS and systems manufactured by foreign adversaries. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ U.S. Rep. Rob Wittman ’81 received briefings on research initiatives related to unmanned aerial systems and unmanned underwater vehicle. He also met with four undergraduate students who are part of the Defense Civilian Training Corps to hear about workforce development programming at the Virginia Tech National Security Institute. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Virginia Tech&#39;s drone test site teamed up with three companies to demonstrate that procedures that routinely guide planes safely to airports can be adapted for uncrewed aircraft, too.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The university will bring its strong history of leadership in autonomous systems to the Federal Aviation Administration&#39;s Alliance for System Safety of UAS Through Research Excellence, whose work guides national drone integration policy.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The approval is the latest win in the long collaboration between Virginia Tech&#39;s drone test site and the College of Engineering to investigate the risks of drone-human impacts.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ A major federal contract for drone traffic management research signals Virginia Tech&#39;s leadership in research that&#39;s essential for drone integration to move forward.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Kaine visited the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute to learn more about a university-led effort to create the most advanced real-world test environments for automated vehicles and delivery technologies. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Virginia Tech is in the running for as much as $100 million in federal funds to support economic development through a regional transportation and logistics cluster that will accelerate the adoption of electric and automated vehicles and revitalize the economy of Southern and Southwest Virginia. ]]></description>
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