DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF by Maryanne Kane, Journalist
D A ILY INNOVATION BRIEF By Journalists Edward Kane & Marya nne Kane LIFT AIRCRAFT BEING BOUGHT BY PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCIES - POTENTIAL INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY? Source: Lift Austin, TX-based Lift Aircraft's Hexa e-VTOL is being bought by customers for multiple uses including emergency response and search and rescue as it enters the commercial market. Here are some key facts: Will be in the skies in 2024 Customers include public safety agencies for use by law enforcement, medical providers and first responders It's an emerging new form of travel: a single-seat electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicle Designed for anyone to fly in a fraction of the time it takes to get a pilot's certificate Training to fly it takes less than an hour Hexa took 6 years to develop and hit the market Control system is a single 3-axis joystick Hexa uses distributed electric propulsion from 18 independent, 126-kw electric motors a