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Monday, April 26, 2010 11:19 AM

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"...The Defense Advanced Projects Agency (DARPA) has cleared the Transformer (TX) program for takeoff. If it flies, by 2015 U.S. soldiers will be able to ride into battle aboard a four-person flying car that can cruise in the air like an airplane, drive on the ground like an SUV, rove 250 miles on one tank of fuel and not require a runway to get airborne.

...DARPA wants the TX to have the ability to automatically take off and land without a pilot while still offering a manual mode that would let the vehicle operator make flight steering commands in real time. Other desirable features are good forward and side visibility from inside the vehicle, dirt-road capability, easy reconfiguration for medical evacuation missions, low top profile and high ground clearance, four-wheel drive capability and the ability to handle small arms fire."

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2010/0422/Flying-car-Dept-of-Defense-
OKs-new-Jetsons-like-vehicle



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Monday, April 26, 2010 11:23 AM

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'...Darpa says its Cessna-sized combo vehicle should be able to cruise at 60 mph on land, and 150 mph in the air. It should be able to stay aloft for two hours on a tank of fuel. "The challenge," the agency says, "is to define the major components of such a vehicle that would be suitable for military scouting and personnel transport missions, yet are small enough, inexpensive enough, and easy enough to operate that it can be widely used."'

Read More http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2008/11/darpas-flying-c/#ixzz0mFAeSvJ8

http://gizmodo.com/5519819/darpa-takes-a-crack-at-the-flying-car

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