Agility Prime to receive funding in FY-22 budget, on path to 30-vehicle fleet by 2030

By Sara Sirota / May 1, 2020 at 7:26 PM
The Air Force's fiscal year 2022 budget proposal will commit funding to Agility Prime -- a new effort to accelerate and adopt technology in the electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) industry, according to service acquisition executive Will Roper. Roper told reporters April 29 the Air Force is spending $25 million this year on Agility Prime through a congressional add and will continue funding in FY-21 by either working with Congress to bring the program into the budget or using...

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