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The eighth annual Oklahoma Women in Aviation and Aerospace Day will be held on Friday, December 6, 2024, at the 138th Fighter Wing, Tulsa Air National Guard base. The program begins at 10 am and features a keynote message by Col. Nicole Malachowski, a combat veteran, the first woman pilot on the Thunderbirds Air Demonstration Squadron, and an inductee into both the National Women's Hall of Fame and the Women in Aviation International Pioneer Hall of Fame. The program also includes Celebrity Emcee, Air Boss Kellie Hudson, the first accredited female air boss in the United States.

To register for this event, please visit. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2024-oklahoma-women-in-aviation-and-aerospace-day-luncheon-tickets-998673107147?aff=oddtdtcreator.

The November 13th episode of the Dawn of Autonomy podcast will feature Craig Mahaney, the Chief Executive Officer at DronePort Network (DPN) who will talk DCN's unique planning and infrastructure development for commercial entities including how DPN supports municipalities and businesses to capitalize on future industry growth.

Watch the Dawn of Drones podcast, begining on November 13th, at https://www.auvsi.org/craig-mahaney-droneport-network-dawn-autonomy-episode-46 The UAS Cluster Initiative and the Oklahoma City Innovation District hosted a working session designed to dig deeply into the workforce strengths and opportunities facing the emerging aerospace industry in Oklahoma. The results of this session are now published the Aerospace Innovative Training Symposium: Emerging Workforce Session Summary, which may be downloaded here .

Building sustainable and inclusive regional growth is ambitious, and requires participation across the community. We will need creative actors and strategic thinkers, researchers, teachers, volunteers, mentors, investors, and communicators. We are asking you to collaborate with us on building the supportive ecosystem our entrepreneurs and innovative companies need. Additionally, we are asking you to raise your hand to develop the many stand-alone projects or good ideas identified in our work to date.

Together we can achieve so much more.

Interested in working together? Please reach out to Emily Bell at ebell@dcnteam.com.