We just got our first glimpse of Uber's vision for flying taxis

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April 25, 2017 5:02 PM

Uber is partnering with Aurora Flight Sciences to build flying taxis.

Uber will partner with Aurora Flight Sciences and others on its ambitious flying taxi project.

Uber will use electric, flying taxis built by partners for its Uber Elevate ride-hailing service that will make its debut in Dallas-Forth Worth and Dubai in 2020, Uber announced during a conference in Dallas.

Uber is also partnering with Pipistrel Aircraft, Embraer, Mooney, and Bell Helicopter to build the electric aircrafts.

Aurora Flight Sciences is an aviation and aeronautics research company specializing in the design of unmanned aircrafts. The company unveiled its concept for Uber's flying taxi service, which is based on the X-plane it's building for the U.S. Department of Defense, in a YouTube video Tuesday.

That X-Plane, dubbed the XV-24A and funded by DARPA, completed a flight test program in

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