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With ongoing multi-site developmentsand a newly completed world-class drone testing facility, theOsage LLC's Skyway36 is positioned to to lead the drone certification process, help develop software for safe drone flights, and become a "critical node along the nation's most ambitious UAS testing range." This is possible due to a $51 million grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) for a project called "SAFE-T," or the Secure Autonomy Feedback Evaluation Testbed. The EDA grant and world-class drone testing facility at Skyway36 has attracted the Swiss-based drone testing company, WindShape, to further enhance the capabilities of the range.

Skyway36 Droneport and Technology Innovation Center is the ideal location for flight testing all modes of UAS and AAM technologies. Strategically situated within Osage Nation, less than 5 miles from downtown Tulsa and 10 miles from Tulsa International Airport, Skyway36 provides a unique combination of urban cityscape and rural environments.

Read the full story including an Osage News tour of Skyway36 on the Osage News website. Find out more about Skyway36 at Osage LLC Skyway36. If you are an entrepreneur with groundbreaking ideas in the Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) and Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) industry, don't miss this opportunity to present your UAS and AAM to the UAS Angel Network on April 23. These pitch sessions provide the opportunity for emerging aviation start-ups to connect with capital investment.

To apply for the pitch events, visit the UASAngelNet.com website. The deadline for submissions is April 4.

The UAS Angel Network is comprised of accredited individual investors, angel groups, and seed funds who are seeking opportunities to invest in UAS and AAM companies. Subsectors and business applications of interest include: Drone Service Providers, UAS logistics, Airspace Management Systems, UAS Flight Safety Systems, Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM), Droneports and Vertiports, and the Commercialization of New UAS Technologies. In the latest Rethink Vertical Podcast , host Kinsley Jordan, State Director for the UAS Cluster Initiative, is joined by Steven Brandt, CEO of CubeNexus, an innovative software company who is building the next generation of 3D data management tools for industries handling disparate and complex spatial datasets.

Watch the Rethink Vertical Podcast at https://www.uascluster.com/pages/podcast.html

To find out more about the CubNexus at https://cubenexus.xyz. Great news for entrepreneurs and small businesses! The February Vertical Innovations is back with a new technology licensing and commercialization opportunity in the UASCI Vertical Marketplace.

This month's opportunity is the Tilt Frame UAV from the University of California, Davis. The revolutionary Tilt-Frame UAV combines the precision hovering capabilities of quadcopters with the long-range efficiency of fixed-wing aircraft through its innovative frame-tilting mechanism. This unmanned aerial system seamlessly transitions between vertical and horizontal flight while featuring specialized air sampling technology that can detect Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) for agricultural and environmental monitoring.

To find out more about this and other groundbreaking tech from top universities and federal labs at the UAS Cluster Initiative Vertical Marketplace.To access the marketplace, registration is required but free. In this Federal Lab Consortium (FLC) sponsored webinar, Robert Heard and John Hallmark of Cimarron Capital Partners will explore how venture capitalists and angel investors identify investable deals, conduct due diligence, structure their investments, and actively support their portfolio companies. The webinar will also discuss the types of technologies that capture the interest of tech entrepreneurs and their investors, and explore how licensing technology from a federal lab can enhance a startup's appeal to potential investors.

Find out more and register for this webinar at FLC Venture Capital 1.0 webpage.