US Air Force starts effort to buy a ‘flying car’
By: Valerie Insinna  
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force has officially started its search for a “flying car†able to speedily shuttle troops and equipment into war zones.
On Feb. 25, the service released a solicitation for Agility Prime, its effort to explore commercial advances in electronic vertical-takeoff-and-landing technologies, otherwise known as eVTOL.
“Now’s the perfect time to make ‘Jetsons’ cars real,†Air Force acquisition executive Will Roper told reporters during a briefing last Friday.
https://www.defensenews.com/industry/techwatch/2020/02/26/the-us-air-force-just-started-up-an-effort-to-buy-a-flying-car/
