A shift to distributed operations across the Pacific Ocean is spurring the Air Force to look for airlifters smaller than the Lockheed Martin C-130.
Credit: Master Sgt. Caila Arahood/U.S. Air Force
A new type of military airlifter is rising to the top of the U.S. Air Force’s list of modernization priorities: small, autonomous, electric-powered aircraft capable of short takeoffs and landings—and numbering in the hundreds. Air Force Material Command (AFMC) is in the market research phase for the...
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