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At NASA's Future Flight Central virtual tower facility, Joby and NASA completed a series of airspace simulations with a team of participating air traffic controllers evaluating how air taxi operations can be integrated into today's airspace. [Photo: Joby Aviation]
Joby, NASA Simulation Demonstrates Up To 120 DFW Air Taxi Operations Per Hour
by David Seeley | Dec 21, 2023
During simulations at NASA’s FutureFlight Central, air taxi operations were simulated buzzing around the busy, complex Dallas-Fort Worth airspace. Joby and NASA's goal: evaluating how this next-gen traffic can be integrated into today’s airspace using existing air traffic control tools and procedures.
by David Kirkpatrick |
Jan 21, 2020
Uber has laid out its plan for the 3,000 jobs it's bringing to The Epic in Deep Ellum. Here's how to potentially get hired, what to expect with the Uber Dallas hub, and what Uber plans to offer the workforce here.
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by Nicholas Sakelaris |
Nov 13, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth has been at the forefront of aviation innovation in manufacturing, airports, and airlines. What's next? Vertical takeoff air taxis buzzing over North Texas.
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by Lance Murray |
Aug 20, 2019
Dallas was the first city in Texas where the Uber app was available in 2012. Now, the city will host the second largest Uber hub outside of its headquarters in San Francisco.
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Perot Field Fort Worth Alliance Airport at night. {Photo Courtesy Hillwood]
Mobility Innovation Zone: AllianceTexas Developer Announces Plans for the Future
by Lance Murray | Jun 11, 2019
Dallas-based Hillwood plans to turn its vast acreage in Fort Worth and Denton County into a place called the AllianceTexas Mobility Innovation Zone. There, new transportation technologies can be developed and deployed—from autonomous cars and trucks to high-flying drones and air taxis.
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by Alex Edwards |
Jun 11, 2019
The newly announced collaboration intends to boost Uber’s plans to get a commercial rideshare service in the sky by 2023.
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by Lance Murray |
Jan 9, 2019
Called Bell Nexus, the air taxi, is powered by a hybrid-electric propulsion system developed by Safran.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Dec 18, 2018
PANEL | From unlimited rideshare to flying taxis, The Hyperloop to automated vehicles, Industry experts discuss how the future of transportation will impact real estate in Dallas-Fort Worth.
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Hillwood is a partner in developing Uber Elevate sky ports. This is BOKA Powell's design for a skyport. [Rendering courtesy of BOKA Powell]
BOKA Powell Releases Its Design for Futuristic Uber Skyport
by Lance Murray | May 10, 2018
The Dallas architecture firm is one of several that will offer designs for the skyports that could be the landing bases for the aircraft, which Uber said will fly, possibly as early as 2020.
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by Lance Murray |
May 8, 2018
Dallas-Fort Worth and Los Angeles are the first U.S. metropolitan areas scheduled to have the vehicles lifting off from area skyports, perhaps as early as 2020.
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by Lance Murray |
Nov 8, 2017
Uber plans to roll out an on-demand vertical take-off and landing network in Dallas and Dubai by 2020.
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Uber could be testing its flying vehicles by 2020i. [Photo Courtesy Uber]
DFW Will Be Test Site for Uber’s Flying Car Initiative
by Heather Noel | Apr 25, 2017
Dallas-Fort Worth would be the first in the U.S. to see the vehicles and one of two metropolitan areas in the world.
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by Julia Falcon |
Feb 8, 2017
Mark Moore will be spearheading, Uber Elevate, the company's new flying car initiative.
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