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Unmanned Systems

Marine Corps Partners with Air Force Agility Prime on eVTOL Aircraft for Logistics

By Brian Garrett-Glaser

Tuesday, March 10th, 2020

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Marine Corps Partners with Air Force Agility Prime on eVTOL Aircraft for Logistics

An illustration from Marine Corps' logistics innovation office portrays how unmanned aerial systems would benefit operations. (Carmine Borrelli/U.S. Marine Corps)

The Pentagon’s interest in electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft continues to grow, with the Marine Corps’ Warfighting Lab now partnering with the Air Force’s Agility Prime program to explore unmanned aerial logistics solutions. For years, the service has worked with industry to develop greater unmanned and autonomous logistics solutions, both on the ground and in the air, to reduce risk to manned vehicles and free up assets for combat missions. As commercial investment in eVTOL aircraft has grown…

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