Agility Prime
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Advanced / Transformational Technology
Air Force May Spend Hundreds of Millions on Electric VTOL Aircraft By 2025
The Air Force may spend hundreds of millions on development and procurement of electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft before 2025, according to officials behind Agility Prime. That project, […]
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Sabrewing Unveils Prototype ‘Rhaegal-A’ Unmanned VTOL Cargo Aircraft
At the conclusion of the Air Force’s Agility Prime event on revolutionary VTOL aircraft, California-based Sabrewing Aircraft revealed their ‘Rhaegal-A’ prototype, an unmanned heavy-lift cargo aircraft that the company says […]
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Agility Prime: Air Force Commits to Winning Innovation War over Electric VTOL Aircraft
Leaders from across the U.S. Air Force, joined by Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao, underlined the importance of revolutionary VTOL aircraft —and an associated U.S. industrial base — to the […]
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Air Force Announces Virtual Kickoff for Agility Prime’s ‘Air Race to Certification’
The Air Force will host a digital launch of Agility Prime, its ‘flying car’ development and acquisition effort, April 27-May 1, a week-long “immersive virtual experience” kicked off by service […]
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Unmanned Systems
Marine Corps Partners with Air Force Agility Prime on eVTOL Aircraft for Logistics
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 […]
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Air Force
Air Force Launches Prototype Test-Flight Campaign for Transformative Vertical Flight
Agility Prime, the Air Force’s exploratory transformative vertical flight program, released an Area of Interest (AOI) effort to work with commercial developers of VTOL aircraft, resulting in a prototype test […]
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Air Force to Begin Fly-Off, Certification Campaign for Electric VTOL Aircraft
The U.S. Air Force is expanding its engagement with transformative VTOL aircraft developers, seeking to analyze, certify and eventually procure electric and hybrid-electric aircraft that are currently under development primarily […]
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Budget
NASA Aeronautics Budget Sees 4.5 Percent Boost, Funding Aircraft Electrification Research
NASA might see a 12 percent increase in its budget per the White House’s request for fiscal year 2021, mostly for a push to return humans to the moon by […]
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Air Force
Upcoming Air Force Research Challenge May Help Air Taxi Certification
An upcoming United States Air Force research challenge may help the certification of air taxis by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), a top Air Force official said last week. “One […]
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