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5249 Webb Street, 74361, Pryor, OK, United States

Oklahoma Aerospace Foundation

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The Oklahoma Aerospace Foundation was created by SB 1294 within the Oklahoma Department of Aerospace and Aeronautics in the spring of 2024. Over the last several years, the Oklahoma Department of Aerospace and Aeronautics has led the way in advocating and implementing curriculum to support Oklahoma’s commitment to solving workforce challenges and to ensure that the state’s second-largest industry, aviation, and aerospace, will continue to be a major economic driver for the state. The legislation created a non-profit foundation to support the Department’s educational and industry outreach efforts and will allow for the agency to work with industry partners and others to support many of the agency’s initiatives. We appreciate your support of our programs such as the Oklahoma Women in Aviation and Aerospace Day event, Aero Oklahoma at the Capitol, Greater Oklahoma City and Greater Tulsa Girls in Aviation Day, Oklahoma Aerospace Education Training Summit, and Oklahoma Regional Student Flight Day as well as supporting other educational outreach efforts.ABOUT THE OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF AEROSPACE AND AERONAUTICSThe Oklahoma Department of Aerospace and Aeronautics serves as the lead government agency to support, promote, and advocate for the state’s second largest industry, aviation and aerospace. This includes providing funding, planning, programming, and engineering expertise for Oklahoma’s airports and aviation infrastructure as well as ensuring the viability of the aerospace industry. The agency is responsible for the administration and/or coordination of a statewide system of airports, cooperating with and assisting local, state, and federal authorities in the development of aviation infrastructure and facilities, acting as the central resource point in state government for the up-and-coming Unmanned and Advanced Air Mobility sector, and fostering the success of the state’s overall aerospace industry. The Department administers a robust aerospace and aviation education grant program to help the aviation and aerospace industry with their workforce challenges by introducing Oklahoma students to the available STEM careers that the industry has to offer. The Department also partners with Oklahoma’s Department of Commerce in the delivery of the ACES program which seeks to grow and develop the aviation and aerospace industry.Founded originally in 1946 as the Aviation Commission, reorganized as the Aeronautics Commission in 1963, and renamed the Department of Aerospace and Aeronautics in 2023, this agency now encompasses the following divisions: Administration/Operations, Airport Development, Aerospace & Aviation Education, UAS/AAM.The mission of the ODAA is to promote aviation and aerospace, which includes ensuring that the needs of commerce and communities across the state are met by the state's 108 public airports that comprise the Oklahoma Airport System, to foster the growth of the aerospace industry, and to help ensure the workforce needs of the aerospace industry are addressed by educating and making Oklahomans aware of the job opportunities that are available.Our vision is to be an efficient, innovative, customer-driven organization working collaboratively to provide safe, modernized, integrated and sustainable transportation options throughout Oklahoma.