据外媒报道，美国飞机制造商波音公司宣布成立新部门Boeing NeXt，以开拓日益增长的自动驾驶飞行市场，该部门将与外部公司合作，以期解决空中交通管制问题，并帮助建立地面基础设施。波音方面还表示，公司已经与人工智能公司Spark Cognition建立新的合作伙伴关系。

According to foreign media, US aircraft manufacturer Boeing announced the establishment of a new Department Boeing NeXt to develop a growing auto driving flight market, which will work with external companies to solve air traffic control problems and help build ground infrastructure. Boeing also said that the company has established a new partnership with the artificial Intelligent Company Spark Cognition.

波音公司首席技术官Greg Hyslop指出，公司拥有的专业知识能安全有效地打造飞行汽车相关的新技术。他认为，这些飞行汽车产品，将在未来几年内到来，交通运输需要多种模式同时发展。

Boeing's chief technology officer, Greg Hyslop, points out that the company's expertise can create new technologies related to flying cars safely and effectively. He believes that these flying vehicle products will come in the coming years, and transportation needs multiple modes at the same time.

在Greg Hyslop看来，飞行汽车是一个新兴的自动驾驶市场，因此要创建Boeing NeXt部门来解决开发飞行汽车过程中出现的问题。为此，波音选择与SparkCognition合作，将利用区块链技术和人工智能，开发一个空中交通管理系统，能够跟踪无人驾驶飞行车辆的飞行，该系统还将能够分配交通路线和通道。

In the view of Greg Hyslop, the flying car is a new auto driving market, so it is necessary to create the Boeing NeXt department to solve the problems that occur during the development of the flying car. To this end, Boeing chooses to cooperate with SparkCognition to develop an air traffic management system using block chain technology and artificial intelligence to track the flight of unmanned flying vehicles, and the system will also be able to allocate traffic routes and channels.

SparkCognition创始人兼首席执行官Amir Husain则在一份声明中表示，城市空中交通市场规模或高达3万亿美元，这将是“我们在有生之年最大的新市场”。

Amir Husain, founder and CEO of SparkCognition, said in a statement that the size of the urban air traffic market or up to $3 trillion, which would be "the biggest new market in our lifetime."

据悉，Boeing NeXt部门将利用整个公司的资源，如果成功的话，该部门将会分拆为一个独立的公司。Boeing NeXt将由Steve Nordlund领导，他将继续担任波音公司旗下风险投资部门Boeing Horonx的副总裁。。

It is learnt that the Boeing NeXt department will make use of the resources of the entire company. If successful, the Department will be split into an independent company. Boeing NeXt will be led by Steve Nordlund, and will continue to serve as vice president of Boeing Horonx, a venture capital division of Boeing.

Aurora eVTOL（电动垂直升降飞机）的概念图

Concept map of Aurora eVTOL (electric vertical lift aircraft)

事实上，自去年收购无人飞行器及航空零部件制造商Aurora Flight Sciences后，波音就一直倡导自动飞行汽车。有报道称，Aurora Flight Sciences计划于2020年在迪拜和达拉斯测试飞行汽车。而在今年3月，波音方面曾透露，公司一直在对一款飞行出租车的原型进行测试，能够搭载乘客往返各地，可能在未来10年内投入运营。

In fact, Boeing has been advocating automatic flight since last year's acquisition of Aurora Flight Sciences, an UAV and aviation parts manufacturer. It is reported that Aurora Flight Sciences plans to test flying cars in Dubai and Dallas in 2020. In March this year, Boeing revealed that the company has been testing a prototype of a flying taxi, carrying passengers all over the world, and may be in operation in the next 10 years.（文编译飞行汽车feiauto）www.feiauto.com

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