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AFWERX Mulls Software and Hardware Efforts For eVTOL Aircraft to Pass Sniper Pod Data

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AFWERX Mulls Software and Hardware Efforts For eVTOL Aircraft to Pass Sniper Pod Data
U.S. Air Force and BETA Technologies team members walk toward an ALIA aircraft for a flight test on March 9 (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The U.S. Air Force's innovation arm, AFWERX, is considering hardware and software efforts under the Project Fast Open X-Platform Agile Combat Employment (FOX-ACE) to pass targeting data from Lockheed Martin [LMT] Sniper pods and other sensors on future electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. AFWERX is asking for industry submission of white papers on the topic. "AFWERX and its strategic partners in the test enterprise are leading the effort to demonstrate ACE (Agile Combat Employment) capabilities and advanced mission…

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