Meet Another Key Player in the Air Taxi Business: The U.S. Air Force
The growth of mobility technology and air taxi vehicles has the potential to bring numerous opportunities to the world. Easy commutes that drive down traffic gridlock. Efficient transportation of goods and materials. Connecting people across urban and rural areas to important services, family and friends and more. But it seems those opportunities are expanding to include a new objective - military support.
According to Military.com, the U.S. Air Force is emerging as a key player in the future-forward eVTOL space with their new initiative "Agility Prime."
"Agility Prime, a program run in partnership with the Air Force Research Laboratory, based at Wright-Patterson, seeks to make real commercial electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) vehicles -- "flying cars."
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