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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A small white aircraft sits on a flight line.

Electric Aircraft

An Alia conventional takeoff and landing aircraft sits on the flight line at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Oct. 18, 2023. AFWERX, in collaboration with the electric aerospace company Beta Technologies, landed the all-electric aircraft at Andrews during a multi-stop flight from Vermont to Florida.

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