On July 17, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed an executive directive to establish the Advanced Air Mobility Initiative , a program that would further the state of Michigan’s advanced aerial vehicular capabilities and support infrastructure expansion in the aviation sector. The Advanced Aerial Mobility Activation Fund , which will receive a second round of funding through the directive, funds projects for drones, helicopters and other electric aerial vehicles.

The executive directive also allocated more than $4.1 million to four new projects supporting these initiatives, including CVS Health , Traverse Connect , Jack Demmer Automotive Group and M-Air .

M-Air will become a new 40-mile air mobility corridor , or dedicated transportation route, that will connect University of Mi

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