EXCLUSIVE — A bipartisan group of Florida lawmakers is pressing Federal Aviation Administration and Transportation Department personnel to coordinate more efficiently between themselves and with commercial groups to protect the Sunshine State as a leading partner in aerospace advancements.

In a letter sent to Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford on Tuesday, the Florida delegation is urging the agencies to establish an Airspace Coordination Team composed of government and industry partners. The lawmakers wrote that between the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and NASA’s John F. Kennedy Space Center, there have been 93 launches that brought nearly 1,400 orbital assets into space.