Uber has made a deal with NASA to develop software which will launch flying cars in cities across the world.
The app-based taxi service said on Wednesday they had secured the first formal services contract by the US space agency not covering outer space.
Uber said it would begin testing its 366km per/hour electric taxi services across Los Angeles, US in 2020.
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"There is a reality that Uber has grown up a lot as a company," Chief Product Officer Jeff Holden said at Web Summit in Lisbon, Portugal.
"We are now a major company on the world stage and you can't do things the same way where you are a large-scale, global company that you can do when you are a small, scrappy startup."
NASA completed phase one of the flying car process in 2015. The deal with Uber is phase four and is scheduled to begin in 2018.
Uber plans to introduce electric on-demand, urban air taxis, which passengers could summon using their smartphones from 2023.
The technology company has expanded into 600 cities worldwide since its launch in 2011 and is working with aviation bodies across the US and Europe to make the move into the air a reality.
"We are very much embracing the regulatory bodies and starting very early in discussions about this and getting everyone aligned with the vision," Mr Holden added.
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Abu Dhabi GP schedule
Friday: First practice - 1pm; Second practice - 5pm
Saturday: Final practice - 2pm; Qualifying - 5pm
Sunday: Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (55 laps) - 5.10pm
Emiratisation at work
Emiratisation was introduced in the UAE more than 10 years ago
It aims to boost the number of citizens in the workforce particularly in the private sector.
Growing the number of Emiratis in the workplace will help the UAE reduce dependence on overseas workers
The Cabinet in December last year, approved a national fund for Emirati jobseekers and guaranteed citizens working in the private sector a comparable pension
President Sheikh Khalifa has described Emiratisation as “a true measure for success”.
During the UAE’s 48th National Day, Sheikh Khalifa named education, entrepreneurship, Emiratisation and space travel among cornerstones of national development
More than 80 per cent of Emiratis work in the federal or local government as per 2017 statistics
The Emiratisation programme includes the creation of 20,000 new jobs for UAE citizens
UAE citizens will be given priority in managerial positions in the government sphere
The purpose is to raise the contribution of UAE nationals in the job market and create a diverse workforce of citizens
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