Trump Signs Orders on Deregulating Flying Cars, Supersonic Flight

‘Flying cars are not just for the Jetsons, they are also for the American people in the near term,’ says White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.

A British Airways Concorde jet, the only commercial supersonic plane. Aero Icarus from Zürich, Switzerland, via Wikimedia Commons

President Donald Trump signed executive orders on June 6 to deregulate and open research and development into flying cars and supersonic aviation technology.

Trump signed the two orders alongside others on Friday that target American drone capabilities, technology, and regulations.