
Aurora Flight Sciences to invest $13.75 million to expand headquarters in Virginia
Aurora Flight Sciences, a pioneer in unmanned aircraft and autonomous flight, will invest more than $13.75 million to expand its operation in the City of Manassas.

Aurora Flight Sciences, a pioneer in unmanned aircraft and autonomous flight, will invest more than $13.75 million to expand its operation in the City of Manassas.

Fundraising for the construction of Virginia Tech’s proposed Global Business and Analytics Complex has taken another big step forward, with a $2.1 million grant from The J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation.

Imagine awakening to the news that a jetliner has crashed, killing all 115 men, women, and children aboard. As shocking as the magnitude of such loss would be, this is equivalent to the number of Americans who die from opioid overdose every day.

The Virginia Agriculture Leaders Obtaining Results (VALOR) program, the commonwealth’s premier agriculture-leadership training program, celebrated the graduation of its third class of leadership fellows at the Hotel Roanoke on July 14.

Just in time for the summer months when more people venture into the outdoors — and come into contact with poison ivy and other plants that are best avoided — there is a new reference guide to some of Virginia’s poisonous plants.

Governor Ralph Northam today announced that 13 companies from across the Commonwealth have graduated from the Virginia Economic Development Partnership’s Virginia Leaders in Export Trade Program.

Changhee Jung, a professor of computer science at Virginia Tech, has received a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development award.

The Transportation Research Board’s Airport Cooperative Research Program recently selected winners for its University Design Competition for Addressing Airport Needs.

A Virginia Tech-led study has found that government corruption is less prevalent in countries where there is a greater number of women in political leadership roles, both at national and local levels.

A Virginia Tech research team has discovered insights into the stabilizing forces of amyloid fibrils that are associated with Alzheimer’s disease and type 2 diabetes.
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