Pentagon Launches Flying Car Effort

"Pentagon clears flying car project for takeoff" from Wired reports that DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Project Agency) has a flying car in the works - as have a few commercial companies - to assist the military as it carries out its missions.

Darpa hopes its "Personal Air Vehicle Technology" project, announced yesterday, will ultimately lead to a working prototype of a military-suitable flying car -- a two- or four-passenger vehicle that can "drive on roads" one minute and take off like a helicopter the next. The hybrid machine would be perfect for "urban scouting," casualty evacuation and commando-delivery missions, the agency believes.