Kitty Hawk has an ambitious plan to leapfrog rivals by convincing regulators to let it fly passengers in electric air taxis without pilots within the next 3 years. The head of its aircraft program, who fought the strategy, is out. In as COO: ex-Wired editor Chris Anderson, founder of 3D Robotics.
A participant preparing to fly Tyler Brown admits that he wasn t the most motivated student as a teen attending South Burlington High School. But something clicked when he started in the aviation program at Burlington Technical Center. Being around airplanes changed my life, Brown said. I went from being a typical student to a straight-A student. He went on to work at the Vermont Flight Academy, which is based at the Burlington International Airport. Now the academy s executive director, Brown wants to inspire the next generation by giving them an airborne experience. On June 5, the academy and Beta Technologies partnered to officially launch Flight VT, a program that provides free hourlong aerial trips for young people. Beta brought its electric Alia aircraft for attendees to see, and the Vermont Air National Guard brought an F-35.
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We have two more interviews coming up with
Veo co-founder and CEO Candice Xie and
Refraction AI co-founder Matthew Johnson-Roberson.
Finally, we published a piece that examines voice recognition in vehicles, a marketplace that has tech giants like Google and Amazon competing for space with a few up and comers and established suppliers like Cerence.
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