Air Taxi Marketplace EZ Aerospace Earns $1.25M Air Force Contract

The AFWERX SBIR Direct-to-Phase II agreement will develop tools to enable on-demand air taxis for the Air Force.

Jack Daleo

Tuesday, August 08, 2023 at 04:32 PM ET

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One of EZ Aerospace’s goals is to introduce more airmen to emerging aircraft. [Courtesy: Pixabay/Pexels]

Key Takeaways:

EZ Aerospace secured a $1.25 million AFWERX (Air Force innovation arm) Direct-to-Phase II contract to develop an on-demand air taxi marketplace for the U.S. Air Force.
The contract will focus on creating advanced air mobility (AAM) tools to transport airmen and cargo and address pressing challenges for the Air Force.
EZ Aerospace aims to reduce costs and foster competition for both government and commercial customers by integrating existing and next-generation aircraft (including eVTOLs) into a single marketplace.

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A marketplace for air taxi services continues to earn the support of the U.S. government.

On Tuesday, on-demand air taxi provider EZ Aerospace announced it was selected by AFWERX, the innovation arm of the Air Force, for a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Direct-to-Phase II contract worth $1.25 million. Typically, a company would need to complete SBIR Phase I research before moving to Phase II, which generally offers more lucrative grants. But the contract will allow EZ Aerospace to skip a step.