Photo by Staff Sgt. Frederick Brown | 9th Reconnaissance Wing | 08.06.2024
Joby's autonomous Cessna 208B Grand Caravan takes off with cargo for a resupply mission during Exercise Bamboo Eagle 24-3 at Edwards Air Force Base, California, Aug. 6, 2024. AFWERX has awarded Joby both Small Business Innovation Research Phase Two and Phase Three contracts to conduct autonomous flight trials and demonstrate the capability in an operationally relevant environment. (U.S. Air......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Frederick Brown | 9th Reconnaissance Wing | 08.06.2024
U.S. Air Force Capt. Mackenzie Thompson, 480th Sortie Generation flight commander (left), Senior Airman Hailey Jackson, 9th Logistics Readiness Squadron decentralized materiel support technician, and Senior Airman Shenice McCormick, 9th LRS flight service center technician, load cargo onto Joby's autonomous Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, an AFWERX Autonomy Partner, during Exercise Bamboo Eagle......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Frederick Brown | 9th Reconnaissance Wing | 08.06.2024
Joby's autonomous Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, an AFWERX Autonomy Prime partner, landed at Edwards Air Force Base, California, during Exercise Bamboo Eagle 24-3, Aug. 6, 2024. AFWERX has awarded Joby both Small Business Innovation Research Phase Two and Phase Three contracts to conduct autonomous flight trials and demonstrate the capability in an operationally relevant environment. (U.S. Air......
Photo by Matthew C Clouse | Air Force Research Laboratory | 01.31.2024
Chad Russell, left, AFWERX Prime flight test engineer, and Kate Brown, right, AFWERX Autonomy Prime deputy branch chief, brief Maj. Gen. David Lyons, 15th Air Force commander, about Autonomy Prime, an AFWERX innovation branch focused on the development and implementation of emerging autonomous technologies during AGILE FLAG 24-1 at McClellan Airfield in Sacramento, Calif., Jan. 31, 2024. AGILE......
Photo by Matthew C Clouse | Air Force Research Laboratory | 01.31.2024
Maj. Gen. David Lyons, right, 15th Air Force commander, receives an autonomous flight demonstration from AFWERX Autonomy Prime partner Xwing Inc. to show how autonomous aviation can contribute to the Agile Combat Employment (ACE) concept during AGILE FLAG 24.1 at McClellan Airfield in Sacramento, California, Jan. 31, 2024. Xwing successfully completed several autonomous logistics missions in......
Photo by Matthew C Clouse | Air Force Research Laboratory | 01.31.2024
Maj. Gen. David Lyons, right, 15th Air Force commander, receives an autonomous flight demonstration from AFWERX Autonomy Prime partner Xwing Inc. to show how autonomous aviation can contribute to the Agile Combat Employment (ACE) concept during AGILE FLAG 24.1 at McClellan Airfield in Sacramento, California, Jan. 31, 2024. Xwing successfully completed several autonomous logistics missions in......
Photo by Matthew C Clouse | Air Force Research Laboratory | 01.31.2024
Maj. Gen. David Lyons, 15th Air Force commander, watches AFWERX Autonomy Prime partner Xwing autonomously taxi their Cessna 208B Grand Caravan during AGILE FLAG 24.1 at McClellan Airfield in Sacramento, California, Jan. 31, 2024. Xwing successfully completed several autonomous logistics missions during AGILE FLAG, Air Combat Command's contributing certifying event for its expeditionary air......
Photo by Matthew C Clouse | Air Force Research Laboratory | 01.31.2024
Maj. Gen. David Lyons, right, 15th Air Force commander, receives an autonomous flight demonstration from AFWERX Autonomy Prime partner Xwing Inc. to show how autonomous aviation can contribute to the Agile Combat Employment (ACE) concept during AGILE FLAG 24.1 at McClellan Airfield in Sacramento, California, Jan. 31, 2024. Xwing successfully completed several autonomous logistics missions in......