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New modes and uses of autonomous transportation are on the horizon
Boeing and Airbus have launched venture subsidiaries—Boeing’s HorizonX and Airbus’ A3— dedicated to providing flying taxi services. Boeing has also acquired Aurora Flight Sciences, an autonomous aviation company, that is partnering with Uber for developing a flying taxi service.
FLYING CARS INCH TOWARD COMMERCIALIZATION
Flying cars inch toward commercialization
Flying Cars Closer to Hitting the Skies
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Signs of traction as Boeing & Airbus get aggressive
“I think flying cars will happen faster than any of us understand,” said Boeing CEO Dennis
Muilenburg.
Both firms have launched venture arms dedicated to the flying taxi, HorizonX at Boeing and A3 at Airbus. Boeing also acquired Aurora Flight Sciences, an autonomous aviation company, that has since partnered
FLYING CARS ARE ON THE HORIZON
with Uber for flying taxi development.
Aurora’s eVTOL
Airbus’s Vahana
“I think flying cars will happen faster than any of us understand.”
NASA has formed a new research area, called the Urban Air Mobility (UAM), to develop a safe and efficient air transportation to safely transport passengers and ship cargo in urban areas. 58 “Now, our goals are to help develop and enable as much as possible what we like to think of as an
- BOEING CEO DENNIS MUILENBURG
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