{"id":23057,"date":"2022-08-07T12:50:51","date_gmt":"2022-08-07T12:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=23057"},"modified":"2022-08-08T18:35:27","modified_gmt":"2022-08-08T18:35:27","slug":"doav-and-vipc-organize-an-alliance-to-plan-for-a-new-phase-of-air-transportation-in-virginia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/virginia\/doav-and-vipc-organize-an-alliance-to-plan-for-a-new-phase-of-air-transportation-in-virginia\/%20","title":{"rendered":"DOAV and VIPC Organize an Alliance to Plan for a New Phase of Air Transportation in Virginia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Photo above –<\/em> Dr. Amber L. Wilson, DOAV’s Manager of Aviation Technology addresses Virginia’s AAM Alliance gathering. <\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Virginia is preparing for Advanced Air Mobility (AAM), a\nsafe, accessible, automated, and affordable air transportation system for\npassengers and cargo that can serve previously hard-to-reach urban and rural\nlocations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"
From left are Virginia Secretary of Transportation Sheppard Miller, Dr. Amber L. Wilson, DOAV Manager of Aviation Technology and Greg Campbell, DOAV Director. (VIPC Communications photo)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Representatives from government, including Virginia’s\nSecretary of Transportation Sheppard Miller and Deputy Secretary of Commerce\nand Trade Chelsea Jenkins, joined industry, education, and research leadership\nfrom across the Commonwealth to establish the Virginia Advanced Air Mobility\nAlliance (VAMA). The alliance will feature two working groups. The Virginia\nInnovation Partnership Corporation (VIPC) will lead the technology development\nand operational framework group and the Virginia Department of Aviation (DOAV)\nworking group will lead the development of a strategy for the relationships and\ninfrastructure necessary to enable AAM operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cVirginia has taken a leadership role in innovative aviation\nand unmanned systems solutions. VIPC has supported numerous pilot projects and\nprograms, including the Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership (MAAP) at Virginia\nTech, that are informing plans to get Virginia and our nation ready for the AAM\nindustry,\u201d said Bob Stolle, President, and CEO of VIPC. According to Tracy\nTynan, Director of the Virginia Unmanned Systems Center at VIPC, \u201cThis alliance\nrepresents the critical collaboration of thought leaders from government,\nworld-class academic and research institutions, and advanced technology\ncompanies that will support the Commonwealth\u2019s leadership in the continuing\nevolution of the aviation industry.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DOAV Director Greg Campbell said, \u201cWith the help of the experienced and knowledgeable members of this alliance, the Virginia Department of Aviation is dedicated to continuing its policy of providing a sensible, industry-friendly regulatory environment that will enable AAM operations. According to Dr. Amber L. Wilson, DOAV\u2019s Manager of Aviation Technology, \u201cIt’s critical for this Alliance to help prepare our communities and citizens for the introduction of AAM technology and the many commercial and societal benefits it will provide to them. As part of this Alliance, we will focus our efforts on infrastructure, policy and education.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AAM systems include small, unmanned aircraft systems, also\nknown as drones, which are operating in Virginia for public safety, utility\ninspections, and package delivery, among other uses. Larger cargo and passenger\nair vehicles for Urban Air Mobility (UAM) and Regional Air Mobility (RAM) are\nbeing developed and are anticipated to be certified and operational within the\nnext few years. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Photo above – Dr. Amber L. Wilson, DOAV’s Manager of Aviation Technology addresses Virginia’s AAM Alliance gathering. Virginia is preparing for Advanced Air Mobility (AAM), a safe, accessible, automated, and affordable air transportation system for passengers and cargo that can serve previously hard-to-reach urban and rural locations. Representatives from government, including Virginia’s Secretary of Transportation […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":23058,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[142,64],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aam-uam","category-virginia"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/amber-addresses-aam-meeting.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23057"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23057\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23092,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23057\/revisions\/23092"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}