Billionaire Larry Page’s Kitty Hawk Is Making An All-In Bet On Robot Air Taxis. Its Program Head Is Out In Disagreement Over It. Kitty Hawk has an ambitious plan to leapfrog rivals by convincing regulators to let it fly passengers in electric air taxis without pilots -- within the next 3 years. The head of its aircraft program, who fought the strategy, is out. In as COO: ex-Wired editor Chris Anderson, founder of 3D Robotics.