Pentagon Clears Flying-Car Project for Takeoff

Pentagon mad-science division Darpa is helping build thought-controlled robotic limbs, see artificial pack mules, real-life laser guns and "kill-proof" soldiers. So it comes as no surprise, really, that the agency is now getting into the flying-car business, too.



Darpa hopes its "Personal Air Vehicle Technology"

project, announced yesterday, will ultimately lead to a working

prototype of a military-suitable flying car — a two- or four-passenger

vehicle that can "drive on roads" one minute and take off like a

helicopter the next. The hybrid machine would be perfect for "urban

scouting," casualty evacuation and commando-delivery missions, the

agency believes.

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