Aerospace & Defense Roundup: May. 05 | Aviation Week Network
Aerospace & Defense Roundup: May. 05 Beta Alia EVTOL Begins U.S. Air Force Flight Tests Flight testing of the Beta Technologies’ Alia for the U.S. Air Force has begun after the electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft received airworthiness approval under the service’s Agility Prime program. The 7,000-lb.-class aircraft has received military flight release for piloted conventional-takeoff-and-landing (CTOL) flying under the Air Force’s operational flight test program. On completion of this test phase the Alia is planned to move into vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) t...
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