An interdisciplinary team led by North Carolina A&T has received a four-year, $8 million award from NASA to address traffic congestion by developing, testing and eventually deploying air passenger taxis as a supplemental means of transportation. NC A&T is the first HBCU to lead a project for the agency’s University Leadership Initiative. The grant is also the second-largest award the university’s history.

Researchers at N.C. A&T will collaborate with researchers at Purdue University and Georgia Tech University, as a well as industry leaders Aurora Flight Sciences, Alaka’i Technologies Corp., General Atomics Aeronautical Systems and Northrop Grumman Corp. N.C. A&T will offer hands-on research for both undergraduate and graduate students and support outreach opportunities that introduce K-12 students to engineering.
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