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Up, Up, and Away: Innovations in Advanced Air Mobility

A New U.S. DOT Volpe Center-FAA Thought Leadership Series Today, we are on the cusp of a new era in aviation.

Drones, electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, and other kinds of innovations have the potential to help us tackle some of our most difficult challenges and...

Fiscal Year 2023 SBIR Awards

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To learn more about these projects, visit the SBA award database at https://www.sbir.gov/awards.

Topic Title Award Information 23-FH1: Addressing...

Transportation Emergency Management

Emergency management is a holistic framework that increases a community’s resilience and reduces its vulnerabilities to all hazards. Recent events—from natural and environmental disasters to supply chain disruption, from rail and plane incidents to infrastructure vulnerabilities, from terrorism to...

Innovation at the U.S. DOT Volpe Center

The U.S. DOT Volpe Center aims to align with the U.S. DOT’s strategic goals and innovation principles as we deliver on our mission to transform transportation for all. Our team members continually anticipate and respond to global transportation challenges and emerging issues. We embrace a systems...

Journeys to Transportation

Meet some of our colleagues. Hear what brought them to the U.S. DOT Volpe Center and what they’re working on. Learn what energizes them and what they like best about working here.

Prototyping New Ideas with the Volpe Innovation Accelerator

Since its launch in August 2020, the U.S. DOT Volpe Center’s Volpe Innovation Accelerator (VIA) has spurred innovation by inviting employees to propose ideas, recruit teams, and develop prototypes and concept papers. In the process, it encourages collaboration, develops skillsets, and strengthens...