<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/2025/05/fairmont-state-university-host-2025-northeast-aerial-drone-competition-championship-dragonflyuntitled.aspx" dsn="blogs"><featured/><pubDate>05/21/2025 02:00:22 PM</pubDate><title>Fairmont State University to Host 2025 Northeast Aerial Drone Competition Championship: Dragonfly</title><description>Fairmont State University will serve as the proud host of the 2025 Northeast Aerial Drone Competition Championship, a premier four-day event set to take place at the Falcon Center from May 29 through June 1. Bringing together 120 top drone teams of middle and high school students from Maine to Kentucky, this event is the largest of its kind in the country and a celebration of innovation, engineering, and student achievement in STEM education. </description><image><img src="/_images/news/2024_drone_competition_media_release-news.jpg" alt="Students competing in the 2024 Northeast Aerial Drone Competition"/></image><tags><tag>Academics</tag><tag>College of Science and Technology</tag><tag>Events</tag><tag>News</tag></tags></item>