Beta’s Alia Shows Electric Aircraft Potential In U.S. Air Force Testing

Graham Warwick January 29, 2024
Beta Alia

Tests at Duke Field included the transfer of a simulated casualty to the electric Alia from an HH-60W combat rescue helicopter.

Credit: U.S. Air Force/Beta Technologies
Beta Technologies has concluded the first deployment of its Alia electric aircraft to a U.S. military base, completing three months of flight testing with the U.S. Air Force at Duke Field on Eglin AFB, Florida. The Alia conventional-takeoff-and-landing (CTOL) demonstrator completed more than 200...
Graham Warwick

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