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LA Mayor Garcetti Aims At Air Taxi Future

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In a bid to push LA into the high tech world of the Jetsons, Mayor Eric Garcetti said on Wednesday that he has kicked off an effort to make Los Angeles an "unmistakable leader on urban air mobility". s transportation network where people can go to fly on an urban air mobility aircraft."

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Relativity Space gains new customer in Iridium and new launch site at Vandenberg

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Relativity Space has a new customer for its 3D-printed rockets: Established satellite maker and operator Iridium, which has picked the company for launches in 2023. Replacement launches will occur as needed starting no earlier than 2023, giving both companies plenty of wiggle room.

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Flying taxi startup Blade is helping Silicon Valley CEOs bypass traffic

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The goal is to shorten trips made excruciatingly long due to bad traffic in major cities like New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco. Recently, the startup partnered with American Airlines to better establish its network of helicopters, a big step for the company as it works to integrate with existing transportation infrastructure.

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Archer Aviation aims to launch network of urban air taxis in Los Angeles by 2024

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Archer Aviation, the electric aircraft startup that recently announced a deal to go public via a merger with a blank-check company, plans to launch a network of its urban air taxis in Los Angeles by 2024. United Airlines, which has a major hub in Los Angeles, was one of the investors in the deal.

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UberAIR to take flight with help from UT Austin and U.S. Army Research Labs

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Army Research Laboratory to develop new rotor technology for vehicles that the company will use in its uberAIR flying taxi network. Worth; Los Angeles, and Dubai. The ultimate goal is to have uberAIR services commercially available in those cities by 2023.

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