Army Partners with Electra.aero for Electric Aircraft Testing Written 19 April 2024
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In this illustration, an Electra plane operated by Singapore charter company Yugo flies over the Manila Bay in the Philippines. | Credit: Electra.aero; Aerospace America–©
Flying Magazine reports, “The Army on Thursday awarded a $1.9 million Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract to Electra.aero, the manufacturer of a nine-passenger, hybrid-electric short takeoff and landing (eSTOL) design, to perform powered wind tunnel testing. The manufacturer’s flagship, hybrid-electric short takeoff and landing (eSTOL) aircraft requires only the space of a soccer field to launch and touch down.”
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