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Army Details Hybrid-Electric VTOL Interest, Aims For Tech Demos In FY ‘26-’30

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Army Details Hybrid-Electric VTOL Interest, Aims For Tech Demos In FY ‘26-’30
U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation & Missile Center Experimental Test Pilot Maj. Wes Ogden celebrates making history as the first Army aviator to fly an electric aircraft with Charles 'Camron' Guthrie, of BETA Technologies. Photo: U.S. Army.

The Army has detailed an extensive plan for evaluating hybrid-electric vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) platforms and enabling technologies, with an aim to hold capability demonstrations between fiscal years 2026 and 2030. A Request for Information notice published on July 16 notes the Army’s intent with hybrid-electric VTOL exploration effort is to bolster the service’s knowledge of the capability space, reduce risk associated with hybrid-electric technology, demonstrate advancements in aviation platform capability and inform its science and technology strategy for…

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