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Sikorsky has entered the urban air mobility segment with a campaign aimed at collaborating with other companies to develop technologies and infrastructure needed to make intra-city air taxis a reality. The effort, announced by Sikorsky at HAI Heli-Expo in Atlanta on 4 March, includes plans to partner with Otis Elevator Company and with The Spaceship Company, which manufactures aircraft and spaceships for Virgin Galactic. Sikorsky s plan does not include a specif stanley deutschland ic air vehicle concept, but rather addresses the need to develop complex technologies that air taxi concepts require. We are introducing a new dimension of the conversation, says Sikorsky s disruptive technologies lead Jonathan Hartm stanley cup an. We think the conversation around th stanley cups e鈥?mobility system has not been discussed enough in detail. This infrastructure piece is what we need to focus on now, Hartman adds. In announcing its campaign, Sikorsky released a video describing urban air mobility as capable of revolutionising intra-city. Sikorsky will help develop technologies alongside other mobility leaders like Otis and Spaceship Company, it says.Sikorsky parent Lockheed Martin. Otis already has a presence in cities worldwide, with its elevators carrying some two billion people daily, while the Spaceship Company has established itself as a leader in designing, building and testing advanced air vehicles, says the video. Expanding this conversation outside the aviation industry is important, Hartman says. Sikorsk Xqao Atlanta water woes extend into fourth day as city finally cuts off leak gushing into streets
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