All-electric fixed-wing aircraft offloads cargo at JB McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst
Posit Moyer, test pilot, and Ross Elkort, test engineer, prepare BETA Technologies’ prototype, ALIA CTOL, a battery-powered fixed-wing aircraft, for takeoff at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., July 9, 2024. A team from the 305th Maintenance Squadron’s Precision Measurement Equipment Laboratory loaded the aircraft with 222 pounds of cargo for delivery to Dover Air Force Base, Del. BETA partnered with AFWERX Agility Prime to test the capabilities of moving cargo between bases in a safer, cleaner and more cost-effective way. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Joseph Vigil)