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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 and the remote pilot in command, flies the Pivotal BlackFly electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft 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
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NIKON D750

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24.0-120.0 mm f/4.0

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4

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1/2000

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200

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