New Hexa flight
LIFT team members secure batteries to the Hexa aircraft’s motors before its first flight at a military airfield at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The Hexa team completed the aircraft’s flight test via remote control. The aircraft, which used 18 motors and propellers, flew for approximately 10 minutes and reached a height of about 50 feet. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)