In December, the AERPAW team wrapped up its participation in the O-RAN Global PlugFest Fall 2025, a rewarding and challenging experience that ran from August through November. The PlugFest brought together operators, OTICs, and industry partners from around the world…
Our AERPAW Field Operations Team headed to the flying field for a special mission: flying an experiment designed to compare real-world testbed results with those from the digital twin environment. This work is an important step toward strengthening our hybrid…
Introducing the AERPAW Self-Paced Tutorial PortalWhether you’re brand new to AERPAW or simply want to explore before running experiments on the production platform, the AERPAW Self-Paced Tutorial Portal is your hands-on training space to practice, learn, and build confidence.This environment…
The AERPAW platform hosted its second autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) student competition called the AERPAW Autonomous Data Mule (AADM) challenge. This was a multi-phased challenge held between February and September 2025. The goal of the challenge was to download…
AERPAW tutorial proposal was accepted for the Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC). The theme for this year’s conference is “Avionics’ Responsibility for Safe and Sustainable Next Generation Aerospace Operations”. On Sunday, September 14, 2025, the AERPAW team will host a…
AERPAW Autonomous Data Mule (AADM) Challenge Results Released The registration for the AADM challenge was opened in December 2024, and 22 student teams from various universities registered for the competition by late Spring. They have been developing their solutions since…
Third AERPAW Community Workshop (ACW25) The third AERPAW Community Workshop (ACW) was held on May 27-30, 2025, at Talley Student Union, NC State University, and Lake Wheeler Field Labs, Raleigh, NC. This third community workshop (ACW25) focuses on training and…