Drone video helps assess tornado damage
Determining the extent of tornado damage to farms in Monroe County will take weeks, but video shot from flying drones will speed up the process....
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Hyde-Smith approves bill to support drone research in Mississippi
by Alex Paton
The Senate Appropriations committee-passed a bill that would support transportation infrastructure and drone research in Mississippi. U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith, who serves on the Senate Appropriations...
Featured Wicker: MS business wins $48M contract to develop drones for Air Force
by Alex Paton
U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., a senior member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee, congratulated Aurora Flight Sciences for winning a $48 million Air...
Mississippi leading with drone development
Mississippi has been making big developments as a go-to for defense development for the country, and now drones are being added to the resume. “We’re...
Mississippi universities to change drone technology
by Alex Paton
Senator Roger Wicker says Mississippi and its universities could change the future of drone technology. A recent partnership between the Department of Homeland Security and...
Bill in D.C. could improve air travel, bring drone research to Mississippi
U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., a member of the Senate’s Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, has voted in favor of a bill to reauthorize the...
Drone Business Gets a Boost in Mississippi
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Insitu Inc., a branch of Boeing Company, is setting up shop for drone production in Starkville. ...
Drones in Mississippi: Mississippi State New Epicenter of Unmanned Aircraft Research
by kim
STARKVILLE, Miss.–Unmanned aircraft, or drones, have many purposes and Mississippi State is now the lead school in the Alliance for System Safety of UAS through Research Excellence...
It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s a New Bill to Deal With Drones in Mississippi
by kim
JACKSON, Miss.–Drones are now a piece of everyday in Mississippi and everywhere else, for that matter and whether you realize it or not. Some are...