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(136th General Assembly)
(House
Resolution Number 304)
A resolution
To support Ohio's proposal to the Federal Aviation Administration
related to the Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing and Advanced Air
Mobility Integration Pilot Program.
Be it resolved
by the House of Representatives of the State of Ohio:
WHEREAS,
In Executive Order 14307, Unleashing American Drone Dominance, dated
June 6, 2025, the President of the United States declared that it is
the policy of the United States to accelerate the safe
commercialization of unmanned aerial system (UAS) technologies and
fully integrate UAS into the National Airspace System (NAS), as well
as electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing (eVTOL) and other advanced
aircraft mobility (AAM) aircraft operations; and
WHEREAS,
The President directed the Secretary of Transportation, acting
through the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration
(FAA) and in coordination with the Director of the Office of Science
and Technology Policy (OSTP), to establish an Integration Pilot
Program under which state governments can partner with private sector
organizations that have demonstrated experience with eVTOL or AAM
development, manufacturing, and operators, or with new supporting
technologies enabling eVTOL and AAM operations integration into the
NAS; and
WHEREAS,
Ohio, working with leading partners across industry, academia, and
government is utilizing the opportunity provided by the Executive
Order to demonstrate that Ohio can deliver successful outcomes
pursuant to the FAA solicitations and proposals to test and validate
operational concepts that can be scaled to national and international
applications under the safety oversight of the FAA; and
WHEREAS,
Ohio has engaged end users, original equipment manufacturers,
airports, neighboring states, and operators to develop high-impact
AAM use cases that address specific efficiency and operational needs
in cargo logistics, medical transport, and rural access applications;
and
WHEREAS,
Ohio has a robust history of aviation innovation, is positioned as a
national leader in AAM, and has invested heavily in its thriving
ecosystem of federal, state, regional, and local agencies, industry,
research, academia, nonprofits, and partners that are mobilized to
support the state's eVTOL and AAM efforts; and
WHEREAS,
Ohio is home to seven universities that are listed as R1 universities
in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education,
the highest tier of research activity, with each university spending
at least $50 million annually on research, awarding at least 70
doctoral degrees each year, and attracting top researchers across
numerous fields of academia; and
WHEREAS, The Ohio Department of Transportation, in collaboration with
the Air Force Research Laboratory, has developed SkyVision, a
low-altitude airspace management system that enables real-world
Beyond Visual Line of Sight operations, making it a testbed for
airspace modernization; now therefore be it
RESOLVED,
That we, the members of the House of Representatives of the 136th
General Assembly, enthusiastically support the Ohio Department of
Transportation's proposal to the FAA to select Ohio as one of the
sites for the Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing and Advanced Air
Mobility Integration Pilot Program; and be it further
RESOLVED,
That we, the members of the House of Representatives of the 136th
General Assembly, recognize the opportunities that the Integration
Pilot Program would afford Ohio residents for economic growth, new
research opportunities, and educational benefits as Ohio continues to
lead the way in accelerating solutions for scaling eVTOL and AAM
across Ohio and the United States; and be further
RESOLVED,
That the Clerk of the House of Representatives transmit duly
authenticated copies of this resolution to the President of the
United States, Vice President of the United States, United States
Transportation Secretary, Federal Aviation Administration
Administrator, and the news media of Ohio.
Speaker _________________ of the House of Representatives.
Adopted
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