Electrification and SustainabilityTo Lower Emissions, the Military Focuses on Increasing Aircraft Efficiency As the commercial aviation industry increasingly shifts towards new technology to reach sustainability targets, the military is more focused on improving aircraft efficiency to increase sustainability rather than concentrating on reducing greenhouse…
Air TaxiAir Force Could Be Using Air Taxis in 2023 The U.S. Air Force’s Agility Prime program has been investing in the development of electric air taxis and could have one of these aircraft in use by 2023, Col. Nathan Diller, AFWERX…
Air TaxiAgility Prime Invests $1.5M in eSTOL Aircraft from Electra The Agility Prime program from the U.S. Air Force has invested in multiple electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft and now it is investing in a new type of flying car,…
Air TaxiBETA’s eVTOL Receives First Air Force Airworthiness Approval for Human Flight in Electric Aircraft After a year of testing BETA Technologies electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, ALIA, has received the first airworthiness approval for manned flight in an electric aircraft from the U.S. Air…
Air TaxiAgility Prime Researches Electronic Parachute Powered by Machine Learning The Air Force’s Agility Prime program awarded a phase I small business technology transfer (STTR) research contract to Jump Aero and Caltech to create an electronic parachute powered by machine learning that…
Air TaxiAir Force Completes First Military Transport of eVTOL Aircraft Inside C-130 The U.S. Air Force transported an electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft from Springfield, Ohio to Austin, Texas on March 23 and 24 inside an HC-130J Combat King II as a…
MilitaryFormer Air Force Acquisition Secretary Will Roper Joins Volansi Will Roper, the former assistant secretary of the Air Force for acquisition, technology, and logistics, is joining drone maker Volansi’s board of directors, the company announced on March 3. Roper will assist…
UnmannedAir Force Looks to Hybrid Electric Solution for eVTOL and UAS Energy Concerns The Air Force is investing in LiquidPiston’s X-Engine technology to create a hybrid-electric propulsion system to power emerging technologies like unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and orbs, the company announced on March 4. …
UnmannedVesper Military Drone Now Available to Commercial Operators The military-grade unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) used by the Department of Defense (DoD) and other U.S. federal agencies, Vesper, and its Vision Ground Control Station (GCS) will become available to commercial customers…
MilitaryMost DoD Aircraft Do Not Meet Mission Capable Goals, New Study Finds Military aircraft spanning all branches failed to meet mission capable rates according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) which analyzed 46 types of aircraft from fiscal year 2011…