1、1 1PrefaceThis is an economic impact study focused on new air transportation and technology options called Advanced Air Mobility(AAM),which will have transformative societal and economic benefits.Additionally,it is an exploration of how the Commonwealth of Virginia may become a leader of AAM in Nort

2、h America,with the opportunities and challenges involved in being among the first.Audiences are legislators,municipal and government agencies,transportation and social policy experts,the aviation and tech industries,research organizations,the media,universities,community leaders and,most significant

3、ly,residents of the Commonwealth of Virginia.SPONSORSThis paper was commissioned by the Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation(VIPC)and the Office of the Secretary of Commerce and Trade.VIPC creates technology-based economic development strategies to accelerate innovation,imagination,and the ne

4、xt generation of technology and technology companies.VIPC,a non-profit corporation,bridges gaps at the earliest stages of the innovation continuum.AUTHORS AND CONTRIBUTORSThe Virginia Unmanned Systems Center at VIPC would like to thank and acknowledge NEXA Advisors,LLC for their research and collect

5、ion of the information contained in this document which included transportation economists and experts in aerospace transportation systems.Appreciation is extended to the authors Michael Dyment,Eleanor Herman,Phillip Dyment,Chase Leeby,Benjamin Merran,Hank Krakowski,and Zackary White.Special thanks

6、to Lance Sherry of George Mason University and Darryl Jenkins of Drone Economics,Inc.We also wish to thank the many,companies and agencies throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia who contributed information and perspectives to this project.Norfolk,Virginia3ContentsPreface.2Executive Summary.5How Adv