HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Feb. 24 -- The University of Alabama in Huntsville issued the following news release:

UAH signs MOA with ASKA, a developer of hybrid-electric, autonomous drive-and-fly vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft.

The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama System, and ASKA have signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) establishing a framework to explore collaborative research and development opportunities in advanced hybrid-electric, autonomous drive-and-fly vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft. Under the agreement, UAH's Rotorcraft Systems Engineering and Simulation Center (RSESC) and ASKA will examine potential areas of collaboration, including but not limited, to battery s...