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AFWERX, MTSI evaluate electric vertical takeoff, landing aircraft for military applications

Joshua Bohun, Sinclair College associate director for advanced air mobility training, operates the remote control for the DANNAR Mobile Power Station and follows a pickup truck towing a Pivotal BlackFly electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft out to the flightline at Springfield-Beckley Airport, Ohio, July 12, 2024. Experts from AFWERX, the Department of the Air Force’s innovation arm within the Air Force Research Laboratory, and Beavercreek, Ohio-based defense contractor Modern Technology Solutions Inc. are evaluating the BlackFly and its supporting ecosystem through an operational leasing initiative to accelerate innovative and emerging technologies that can be transitioned to the warfighter. (U.S. Air Force photo by Matthew Clouse).

PHOTO BY: Matthew Clouse
VIRIN: 240712-F-CA439-1229.JPG
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NIKON D750

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24.0-120.0 mm f/4.0

APERTURE

4

SHUTTERSPEED

1/1600

ISO

100

IMAGE IS PUBLIC DOMAIN

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