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OSU researchers take aerial approach to the dunes of Little Sahara

Thu, Sep 30, 2021

At Little Sahara State Park near Waynoka, Oklahoma, 1,600 acres of sand dunes serve as a veritable playground for dirt bike and ATV enthusiasts. A hidden gem of Oklahoma’s diverse topography, it’s also a hidden gem for researchers from Oklahoma State University’s Unmanned Systems Research Institute (USRI).

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Unmanned Systems Research Institute partners with Boeing to create internship with ties to NASA project

Thu, Dec 10, 2020

OSU’s Unmanned Systems Research Institute (USRI) and Boeing have formed a partnership that will fund a summer internship for a Native American high school student to work at USRI. USRI is led by Dr. Jamey Jacob who is a mechanical and aerospace engineering professor in the College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology.

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Unmanned aircraft researchers helping NASA reach new heights on Mars

Mon, Dec 07, 2020

A NASA project, 20 years in the making, is getting closer and closer to completion thanks, in part, to research being done at Oklahoma State Univesity’s (OSU) Unmanned Systems Research Institute (USRI).

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Hybrid Lunar Communication Architecture (LunarCom)-Connecting the earth and moon

Thu, Jul 30, 2020

NASA has awarded Oklahoma State University a $1,132,492 grant to develop next generation, space-based communication systems with a team from Oklahoma’s three largest research universities.

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OSU developing drone to help in disasters

Fri, Apr 17, 2020

The horrific aftermath of the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995 was the catalyst for OSU’s Unmanned Systems Research Institute’s work to help first responders today.

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CEAT celebrates grand opening of EXCELSIOR

Thu, Nov 07, 2019

Oklahoma State University’s Unmanned Systems Research Institute has a new research lab. The development center, called EXCELSIOR, on Willis Street provides a dedicated space for the research organization's projects that's better designed than its previous location in the Richmond Hills Research Complex on the north side of Stillwater.

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A dolphin project...in Oklahoma!

Fri, Oct 11, 2019

Given Oklahoma’s notoriously unpredictable weather, it might be no surprise that the Unmanned Systems Research Institute at Oklahoma State University is working with climate experts to improve forecasting. But it might be a surprise to learn that the institute and other researchers in OSU’s College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology and its College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) are playing a role in research on dolphins.

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Vigilant Aerospace demonstrates FlightHorizon 2 in autonomous 18 mile flight with OSU

Thu, Oct 10, 2019

On October 8, 2019, Oklahoma State University (OSU) and Vigilant Aerospace Systems (Vigilant) conducted a demonstration flight utilizing OSU’s 13-mile beyond visual line-of-sight (BVLOS) corridor east of Stillwater, Oklahoma.

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OSU drone research partnership aims to improve emergency responses

Mon, Sep 09, 2019

When storms knock out roads and bridges, one of the biggest challenges for emergency managers is getting supplies into the affected areas. New research at Oklahoma State University is looking to meet that challenge through the air.

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OSU UAS team presents to White House officials

Mon, Apr 29, 2019

Oklahoma State University’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) team conducted flight demonstrations for the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Deputy Director at the Choctaw Nation Emerging Aviation Technology Conference in Durant on April 18.

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