United Kingdom, June 29 -- The Trump administration has broken ground on a new aviation testing facility in Oklahoma that will support the development of flying cars, electric air taxis and other next-generation aircraft.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is expanding its 1,100-acre Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center in Oklahoma City with an $8.3 million testing site known as the Vertical Take-Off and Landing Procedures and Analysis Range, or V-PAR.

The new facility is designed to evaluate larger electric and hybrid aircraft capable of vertical take-off and landing, commonly known as eVTOL aircraft.

According to the FAA, the site will feature a dedicated touchdown and liftoff area, taxiway, electric aircraft charging infrastruct...