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Duke Field to get military’s first electric aircraft charging station
« on: October 07, 2023, 01:18:15 pm »
Duke Field to get military’s first electric aircraft charging station
By Stephen Losey
 Oct 5, 11:58 AM

 
WASHINGTON — The Air Force has begun building its first station to recharge electric aircraft, marking its latest step in experimenting with non-fuel burning helicopters.

The service broke ground on the charging station at Duke Field in Florida Sept. 19, the Air Force Research Laboratory said in a statement, and it will be the first electric aircraft charging station on a military installation. AFWERX, the service’s unit that focuses on innovation, and Burlington, Vermont-based electric aerospace firm Beta Technologies are building it.

Beta Technologies is one of more than a dozen companies with contracts through the Air Force’s Agility Prime program, a three-year-old effort that aims to accelerate industry’s work on creating and fielding electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.

https://www.defensenews.com/air/2023/10/05/duke-field-to-get-militarys-first-electric-aircraft-charging-station/
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Re: Duke Field to get military’s first electric aircraft charging station
« Reply #1 on: October 07, 2023, 01:20:13 pm »
The AF is just trying to keep up with China and Russia in the development of electric aircraft, right? *****rollingeyes*****
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