Monterey Bay Tech Hub
Overview
Monterey Bay Tech Hub connects regional partners around advanced air mobility and the workforce and infrastructure supporting it. Its priorities include training, innovation and entrepreneurship, infrastructure planning, and coordinated policy engagement. The regional ecosystem brings together universities, airports, companies, governments, and potential technology users in Monterey, Santa Cruz, and San Benito counties. Agricultural organizations can discuss possible air-mobility applications and ask for relevant introductions, while educators and public partners can explore workforce and planning collaboration. Specific services and participation arrangements depend on the responsible regional provider.
What they do
Regional air mobility network
Connects universities, airports, companies, governments, and potential technology users in Monterey, Santa Cruz, and San Benito counties around advanced air mobility innovation and entrepreneurship, including agricultural applications.
Flight testing corridors
Supports a planned FAA-compliant flight corridor network linking Watsonville, Marina, Salinas, and Hollister airports, where aviation and drone companies can test, certify, and commercialize aircraft, with crop production among the uses.
Air mobility workforce
Coordinates workforce partnerships around the skills needed to manufacture, service, pilot, and operate advanced aircraft and the infrastructure that supports them.
Infrastructure and policy planning
Takes part in collective planning and coordinated policy engagement on the infrastructure and conditions that support advanced air mobility in the region.
Programs and services
Locations
- Program address 3180 Imjin Road, Marina, CA 93933, United States