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Senate commends ‘Lift Off Louisiana’ team selected for FAA pilot program

Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana · April 1, 2026

Summary

The Senate read and commended a resolution recognizing the Lift Off Louisiana team, including DOTD’s Office of Multimodal Commerce, Houma Terrebonne Airport Commission and the Gulf of America Center of Excellence, for selection in the FAA electric VTOL integration pilot program.

The Senate read a resolution commending the Lift Off Louisiana team for its successful selection as one of eight nationally recognized proposals in the Federal Aviation Administration’s Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing and Advanced Air Mobility Integration Pilot Program. The clerk read language naming the Department of Transportation and Development’s Office of Multimodal Commerce, the Houma Terrebonne Airport, and the Gulf of America Center of Excellence for Large Unmanned Aircraft Systems as partners in the project.

Senator Feisier, who introduced the recognition, thanked the group and said, "Let's lift off Louisiana," as the chamber acknowledged the award and the team’s partnership with federal and private partners on experimental electric aviation projects.

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