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Advanced Air Mobility

Advanced Air Mobility

On July 17, 2025, Michigan established the Michigan Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) Initiative as a whole-of-government strategy to scale Michigan’s AAM capabilities, ensure safe and efficient integration of these technologies across public and private sectors, and position our workforce, manufacturers, and infrastructure as national assets in the deployment of AAM technologies. This Initiative will support the Unleashing American Drone Dominance Executive Federal Orders from June of 2025.

State Partners

  • Michigan Department of Transportation logo with a Michigan outline and the letters MDOT.

    MDOT

    Michigan Department of Transportation

  • Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity logo with a multicolor abstract icon.

    LEO

    Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity

  • Michigan Office of Defense and Aerospace Innovation logo with a shield icon featuring stars, stripes and a Michigan outline.

    ODAI

    Michigan Office of Defense and Aerospace Innovation

  • Michigan Department of Military and Veterans Affairs seal with an eagle, flags and military symbols.

    DMVA

    Michigan Department of Military and Veteran Affairs

Governor Whitmer at a podium during a Michigan Advanced Air Mobility Initiative announcement.

Establishing the Michigan Advanced Air Mobility Initiative

Michigan is mobilizing its industrial base, including manufacturing, engineering, and logistics infrastructure, to accelerate the full lifecycle of next-generation drone technologies. This includes building, testing, commercializing, and scaling - aligned with our competitive advantages within and adjacent to our core industrial base.

Read Executive Directive 2025-4
Drone flying with an American flag in the background.

Michigan Deploys More Than 40M to Accelerate Advanced Air Mobility

The Michigan Office of Future Mobility and Electrification released the inaugural Advanced Air Mobility annual report, highlighting considerable momentum toward its effort to build the nation’s most comprehensive, equitable, and competitive aerial mobility ecosystem. The report finds that Michigan steered over $42 million in public and private sector investment toward AAM-related initiatives in 2025, attracting cutting-edge innovation to the state and laying the groundwork to support new opportunities for Michiganders.

Read the AAM 2025 annual report

Resources

  • AAM Activation Fund

    Created to accelerate the development of AAM technologies and infrastructure in Michigan, this fund aims to create a pipeline of projects that have the potential to validate technical and economic feasibility and critical data.

  • AAM Statewide Mobility Challenges

    Michigan launched a series of challenge-based pilot programs to advance the integration of drones for solving real-world government agency problems.

  • MEDC Early Stage Funding

    Early stage funding is critical to the success of startup companies and entrepreneurs. Through a number of programs, MEDC’s Entrepreneurial & Innovation initiative is here to help you find the early stage funding needed.

  • MI Hub for Manufacturers

    Established to help Michigan-based manufacturers grow and adapt to industry shifts by providing access to business advising, responsible funding, events and courses, and a wide range of partner resources and programs.

Executive Directives and Federal Orders

  • Executive Directive 2025-4

  • Executive Federal Orders

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AAM News and Success Stories

Airspace Link is Leading the Way in Geospacial Technology Video

Airspace Link is Leading the Way in Geospacial Technology

Based in Newlab at Michigan Central, Airspace Link is changing the game for drone technology.

First Electric Aircraft Charger in Michigan Unveiled at Capital Region Airport Video

First Electric Aircraft Charger in Michigan Unveiled at Capital Region Airport

Electric aircraft from Beta deemed the 'future of aviation' during display in Lansing
M-Air and the 40-mile-long airspace for testing drones and electric-powered aircraft in SE Michigan Video

M-Air and the 40-mile-long airspace for testing drones and electric-powered aircraft in SE Michigan

A 40-mile airspace from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI to @michigancentraldetroit is being established for testing drones and electric-powered aircraft. The corridor is part of the newly-formed M-Air, which will utilize the advanced autonomous vehicle testbed, Mcity, the further research and development of beyond-line-of-sight drone operation.

Michigan Hosts First-of-its-Kind Drone Race Video

Michigan Hosts First-of-its-Kind Drone Race

The 2025 Uncrewed Triple Challenge brought competing teams from eight states and three countries to test their unmanned technologies in the National All-Domain Warfighting Center

AAM Innovation Assets

Agricultural drone flying low over a green crop field with trees and farm buildings in the background.

Michigan's AAM Resources and Assets

OFME is leading a statewide strategy to build up Michigan’s AAM capabilities. This plan will focus on safely integrating drones in both the public and private sectors, while also preparing our workforce, manufacturers, and infrastructure to support this new technology. Michigan is positioned to lead the charge by building a strong and secure drone sector in the U.S. by our manufacturing abilities, skilled engineering talent, and our statewide assets to build, test, and implement AAM technologies at scale.

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