Advanced Air Mobility

Build. Test. Fly.

Ohio is leading the next leap forward in the evolution of flight. Unmanned aircrafts. Vertical takeoffs. Ohio is building, testing and flying cutting-edge innovation in the future of air mobility. Would you expect anything less from the birthplace of aviation?

The number one supplier to Boeing and Airbus, Ohio is a powerhouse aerospace producer built on a legacy of leadership and innovation in flight. Ohio’s infrastructure and manufacturing presence is wired for both innovation and efficiency, and supported by a vast network of powerful stakeholders across government, corporate, and military sectors. Simply put: Ohio is the place to bring gravity-defying ideas to life.

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Build

Ohio has the manufacturing know-how, available talent, innovation eco-system, and supply chain to support it – this is the place to scale-up your eVTOL aircraft production.

Test

Ohio is developing a test infrastructure across the state, with a regional air mobility corridor to support commerce. eVTOL companies can mature system development and gain system certification working in collaboration with the FAA.

Fly

Ohio’s leadership and statewide strategy is bringing the use of unmanned aircraft for freight, package, and personal transportation closer to reality.

Get to Know Ohio’s Research and Talent.

If you want to go where exciting new research is happening, Ohio is your best destination. Our Smart Mobility Program (FlyOhio) is working with key US government agencies to ensure domestic leadership and IP retention in this game-changing space.

But you won’t just have access to research in Ohio—you’ll have access to first-in-class talent. Ohio has an unmatched pool of aerospace and aviation engineering pros. Ohio’s workforce expertise will help you develop and deploy a full mobility system for air mobility including testing and market validation.

Meet Your New Partners.

Investing in Ohio means you already have a green light from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and state lawmakers, putting your project on a fast track to mission accomplished. Ohio has a broad coalition of AAM stakeholders spanning industry, academia, nonprofits, local, state, and federal partners.

Collaboration with the following advanced air mobility resources enables testing and insights for modifications to design in Ohio’s living lab.

NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER
NASA Glenn Research Center runs more than 500 specialized aviation research and test facilities, including sound testing for drones in collaboration with the FAA. The Center designs and develops innovative technology to advance NASA’s missions in aeronautics and space exploration from Cleveland, Ohio. A highly skilled workforce of more than 3,000 scientists, engineers, technicians, and administrative and support personnel is focused on researching and testing game-changing technology in propulsion, aeronautics, materials and structures, communications, power and energy storage, and biomedical sciences.

THE AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY
AFRL leads the discovery, development, and delivery of warfighting technologies for air, space and cyberspace forces. The lab is pushing boundaries and building tomorrow through unparalleled research in aerospace systems, munitions, hypersonics, human performance, artificial intelligence, sensors, directed energy, and more. With partners in higher education, business, and government, the AFRL is creating more airspace for you.

SKYVISION
SkyVision is the ground-based sense-and-avoid radar system at the Springfield-Beckley Municipal Airport in Springfield, Ohio. The $5 million initiative, developed and installed by AFRL and other partners and operated by the Ohio Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Center, offers airspace monitoring services for aircraft and sensor testing operations and gives the airport the unique capability to manage drone and unmanned aircraft flight beyond the operator’s visual line of sight.

OHIO UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS (UAS) CENTER
Ohio’s work in developing research for unmanned aerial systems (UAS) makes it an ideal location for companies to establish operations. In fact, the Springfield-Beckley Municipal Airport is home to the Ohio UAS Center and SkyVision, a beyond-visual-line-of-sight range operated in partnership with the AFRL and the state of Ohio. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) granted the AFRL a certificate of authorization to fly and test unmanned aircraft and other advanced aerospace technologies beyond visual line of sight within a 200-square-mile airspace around the Springfield- Beckley Municipal Airport.

Get Access to Agility Prime.

Agility Prime is a non-traditional military program seeking to accelerate the commercial market for Advanced Air Mobility vehicles, a vital market for national security of the United States. Ohio is uniquely positioned to support the Agility Prime mission because of its smart mobility infrastructure, proximity to Agility Prime leadership, Air Force testing capabilities, airworthiness expertise at Wright Patterson Air Force Base (WPAFB), as well as leading-edge research expertise across the state. Ohio’s work in developing research for unmanned aerial systems (UAS) makes it an ideal location for Agility Prime contractors to establish operations.