Agility Prime is the U.S. Air Force's new commercial
development program for flying cars. In Part, the Air Force wants to create a healthy domestic industry for the vehicles to keep abreast of security concerns.
By 2023, the Air Force hopes to have an operational fleet of
the vehicles.
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It feels like the U.S. has been on the brink of a flying car
revolution for half a century. Every so often, a company claims to be just two
or three years away from the perfect avian vehicle. In 2011, it was rumored that a company called Terrafugia would have
$227,000 flying cars "in a matter of months," and even Uber has
promised to have autonomous flyers by 2023.
One thing these efforts have in common? They never come to
fruition. And the Air Force is tired of waiting, so its launching Agility
Prime, a new research and development program that seeks to "accelerate
the commercial market for advanced air mobility vehicles," according to
its website.
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