The military has long been trying to use the capabilities of electric transport for their own purposes.American
According to Air Force Magazine, the Air Force launchedthe Agility Prime program in February 2020 and have since started collaborating with six companies as potential partners: Phenix Solutions, Joby Aviation, Elroy Air, Moog, Beta Technologies and Lift Aircraft. In December, the Joby S4 became the first eVTOL aircraft to receive Air Force approval to fly. The ultimate goal of the US Air Force is to turn eVTOL technology into a real development agenda by 2023.
The Hexa aircraft consists of an egg-shaped fuselage placed on four perimeter floats that allowOn top is a network of 18 electric motors arranged in a hexagonal pattern similar to a honeycomb.
To pack the Hexa for transport, Lift Aircraft separated the engines and stacked the beams that connectAfter the Hexa was folded, it was loaded onto a C-130 in the cargo hold.The process of loading the Hexa and ancillary equipment took about 45 minutes, but this oneThe graph could probably be shortened to 15 minutes. The C-130H cancarry up to four Hexa platforms, and newer C-130J models could potentiallycarry five or six at the same time.
In May, the U.S. Air Force will repeat this process as part of the Bushwhacker exercise, when the U.S. military triesUse air taxis in rescue and attack missions in harsh environments.
Vertical take-off and landing platforms withquiet electric motors and simple support pads can be key for the Air Force, as they allow them to operate away from large airfields. According to representatives of the Air Force, air taxis will help in the event of a military conflict against Russia or China.
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