US Air Force Archives - eVTOL Insights

US Air Force uses Kitty Hawk’s Heaviside eVTOL in first medical evacuation exercise

Jason Pritchard8 June 2021

Kitty Hawk has joined the US Air Force's Agility Prime programme, with its Heaviside eVTOL becoming the first electric aircraft to be used in a medical evacuation exercise. A diverse group of industry and government operators, engineers and test...

BETA Technologies’ ALIA eVTOL aircraft receives military airworthiness approval from US Air Force

Jason Pritchard5 May 2021

BETA Technologies has been awarded airworthiness approval for a manned electric aircraft by the US Air Force's Agility Prime programme, with its ALIA eVTOL aircraft having already begun flying under the air force's operational flight test program. ...

Jump Aero and Oklahoma State University receive Phase I STTR contract from Agility Prime program

Jason Pritchard12 March 2021

Jump Aero Incorporated has been awarded a Phase I Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) research contract, in partnership with Oklahoma State University, from the U.S. Air Force's Agility Prime program. The company is developing its JA1 eVTOL...

Jaunt Air Mobility supplied contract to develop Extreme Fast Charging (XFC) solutions for electric aircraft

Jason Pritchard12 February 2021

Jaunt Air Mobility has been awarded a Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) contract by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), to develop Extreme Fast Charging (XFC) solutions for the development of electric aircraft for large scale prod...

AirMap wins $1 million contract from US Air Force to provide UTM services to Agility Prime programme

Jason Pritchard23 September 2020

AirMap has been awarded a $1 million Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract to provide unmanned aircraft system traffic management services to the US Air Force's Agility Prime programme. Awarded by AFWERX, the US Air Force's innovatio...

US Air Force leaders watch LIFT Aircraft’s HEXA eVTOL take flight in first Agility Prime demo

Jason Pritchard24 August 2020

The top three leaders from the US Air Force watched an eVTOL aircraft in flight on Friday, when LIFT Aircraft CEO and Founder Matt Chasen gave a demonstration of the company's single-seat ultralight, HEXA. As reported by the Vertical Flight Socie...

Volansi receives Small Business Innovation Research contact from US Air Force

Jason Pritchard2 July 2020

VTOL UAV developer Volansi has been awarded a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research contract by the US Air Force, allowing the company to demonstrate its long-distance, heavy-payload VOLY M20 drone. The contract is through the Department of...

Joby Aviation and Beta Technologies progress to next stage of Agility Prime initiative

Jason Pritchard3 June 2020

eVTOL aircraft developers Beta Technologies and Joby Aviation are edging closer to flight testing with the US Air Force, after both progressed to Phase III of the Initial Capabilities Opening as part of Agility Prime's 'Air Race to Certification'. ...

Thousands watch virtual launch of US Air Force’s ‘Agility Prime’ eVTOL programme

Jason Pritchard28 April 2020

An estimated 6,000 people tuned in to watch the launch of the US Air Force's 'Agility Prime' eVTOL programme yesterday (Monday). The virtual event is being broadcast online this week as a result of the coronavirus outbreak, and its objective is t...

US Air Force to kick off ‘Agility Prime’ eVTOL programme with virtual launch next week

Jason Pritchard24 April 2020

The US Air Force (USAF) will launch its eVTOL aircraft development programme, called Agility Prime, with a week-long schedule of virtual events starting on Monday. The objective is to reinforce the USAF’s commitment to partnering with industry in...