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Summer Hackathon

Ron Sheridan, 96th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, marshals BETA Technologies’ ALIA, an electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, to a stop after arriving at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, Oct. 26, 2023. The aircraft will begin a series of test flights over the next few months with the 413th Flight Test Squadron and AFWERX’s Agility Prime at Duke Field. (U.S. Air Force photo by Samuel King Jr.)

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BETA ALIA arrival

BETA Technologies’ ALIA, an electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, taxis after arriving to Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, Oct. 26, 2023. The aircraft will begin a series of test flights over the next few months with the 413th Flight Test Squadron and AFWERX’s Agility Prime at Duke Field. (U.S. Air Force photo by Samuel King Jr.)

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BETA ALIA arrival

BETA Technologies’ ALIA, an electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, sits next to the first-ever electric aircraft charging station on a military installation at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, Oct. 26, 2023. The ALIA aircraft will begin a series of test flights over the next few months with the 413th Flight Test Squadron and AFWERX’s Agility Prime at Duke Field. (U.S. Air Force photo by Samuel King Jr.)

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BETA ALIA arrival

BETA Technologies’ ALIA, an electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, sits on the flightline as a F-16 Fighting Falcon flies overhead at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, Oct. 26, 2023. The ALIA aircraft will begin a series of test flights over the next few months with the 413th Flight Test Squadron and AFWERX’s Agility Prime at Duke Field. (U.S. Air Force photo by Samuel King Jr.)

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BETA ALIA arrival

Emma Davis, BETA Technologies flight test engineer, exits the ALIA, an electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, after arriving at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, Oct. 26, 2023. The aircraft will begin a series of test flights over the next few months with the 413th Flight Test Squadron and AFWERX’s Agility Prime at Duke Field. (U.S. Air Force photo by Samuel King Jr.)

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BETA ALIA arrival

BETA Technologies’ ALIA, an electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, sits on the flightline after arriving at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, Oct. 26, 2023. The aircraft will begin a series of test flights over the next few months with the 413th Flight Test Squadron and AFWERX’s Agility Prime at Duke Field. (U.S. Air Force photo by Samuel King Jr.)

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BETA’s ALIA electric aircraft has a 50-foot wingspan, a range of 250 miles with a top speed of 138 mph and is 90% quieter than a helicopter. While ALIA has the capability to transport five passengers, the Air Force test objective is to demonstrate its potential to support agile combat employment logistics with its payload capacity of 1,000 pounds. (U.S. Air Force photo by Samuel King Jr.)

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BETA's ALIA electric aircraft lands at Duke Field on Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, to begin testing with the the Air Force Oct. 26, 2023. AFWERX first partnered with BETA, an electric aerospace company, in December 2019 and has since awarded them several contracts. Located 10 miles north of Eglin Air Force Base, Duke Field was strategically selected as the test field for ALIA. The field is home to the Air Force’s rotary wing test squadron, the 413th Flight Test Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Samuel King Jr.)

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John Maffei, the Federal Aviation Administration’s acting director of Portfolio Management and Technology Development, gives remarks at the AFWERX and FAA Memorandum of Understanding signing ceremony at Duke Field, Florida, Oct. 25, 2023. AFWERX and the FAA announced they have agreed to share flight-test data to accelerate the safe integration of Advanced Aircraft Mobility platforms into the National Airspace System. The MOU will also support AFWERX Prime’s efforts to advance the integration and maturation of AAM, including the electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft and autonomous systems industries. (U.S. Air Force photo by Matthew Clouse)

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Col. Elliott Leigh, AFWERX director and chief commercialization officer for the Department of the Air Force, and John Maffei, the FAA’s acting director of Portfolio Management and Technology Development, sign the AFWERX and Federal Aviation Administration Memorandum of Understanding at Duke Field, Florida, Oct. 25, 2023. AFWERX and the FAA announced they have agreed to share flight-test data to accelerate the safe integration of Advanced Aircraft Mobility platforms into the National Airspace System. The MOU will also support AFWERX Prime’s efforts to advance the integration and maturation of AAM, including the electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft and autonomous systems industries. (U.S. Air Force photo by Matthew Clouse)

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Col. Elliott Leigh, AFWERX director and chief commercialization officer for the Department of the Air Force, gives remarks at the AFWERX and Federal Aviation Administration Memorandum of Understanding signing ceremony at Duke Field, Florida, Oct. 25, 2023. AFWERX and the FAA announced they have agreed to share flight-test data to accelerate the safe integration of Advanced Aircraft Mobility platforms into the National Airspace System. The MOU will also support AFWERX Prime’s efforts to advance the integration and maturation of AAM, including the electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft and autonomous systems industries. (U.S. Air Force photo by Matthew Clouse)

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Summer Hackathon

Members of 96th Test Wing and AFWERX leadership cut the ribbon on the first-ever innovation incubator Oct. 25 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The incubator, located at the base library, is a space to foster innovation, creativity, and collaboration amongst military personnel, academia, non-profit organizations, etc,. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

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Pickleball comes to Eglin

Doubles teams volley at the new pickleball courts Oct. 20 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. Pickleball, called the fastest growing sport in the U.S., combines elements of tennis, ping pong and badminton. It provides people with another way to stay active and enjoy friendly competition regardless of age or skill level. (U.S. Air Force Base photo/Kevin Gaddie)

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Readiness training

A 96th Security Forces Squadron Airmen demonstrates reloading a magazine during a weapons familiarization course Oct. 19 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. After a morning deployment readiness exercise, the Airmen received casualty care and weapons familiarization training. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

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Readiness training

Medical Airmen load a patient into an ambulance during a tactical combat casualty care training Oct. 19 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. After a morning deployment readiness exercise, the Airmen received TCCC and weapons familiarization training. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

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Readiness training

Medical Airmen participate in a tactical combat casualty care course after completing a deployment readiness exercise Oct. 19 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. After the initial morning exercise, the Airmen received TCCC and weapons familiarization training. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

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Readiness training

Airman 1st Class Alexis McNeil, 96th Logistics Readiness Squadron, points her weapon down range during a weapons familiarization course Oct. 19 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. After a morning deployment readiness exercise, the Airmen received tactical combat casualty care and weapons familiarization training. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

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Readiness training

Medical Airmen participate in a tactical combat casualty care course after completing a deployment readiness exercise Oct. 19 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. After the initial morning exercise, the Airmen received TCCC and weapons familiarization training. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

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Readiness training

Medical Airmen participate in a tactical combat casualty care course after completing a deployment readiness exercise Oct. 19 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. After the initial morning exercise, the Airmen received TCCC and weapons familiarization training. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

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