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Elroy Air announces USD46 million US Army contract for its autonomous hybrid cargo VTOL

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Elroy Air has announced that it has been awarded a USD46 million, multi-year contract with the U.S. Army for the development of an autonomous hybrid-electric vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) uncrewed aircraft system for modular multi-mission payload delivery. “The new agreement builds on previous U.S. Army contracts from the past two years and will focus on ensuring the company’s heavy-cargo drone Chaparral can operate alongside service memb…
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Army To Test And Evaluate Elroy Air’s Hybrid-Electric VTOL Under New Contract

The Army this week awarded a $46.1 million contract to Elroy Air to test and experiment with the company’s Chaparral autonomous hybrid-electric vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft for heavy […]

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Elroy Air announces USD46 million US Army contract for its autonomous hybrid cargo VTOL

Elroy Air has announced that it has been awarded a USD46 million, multi-year contract with the U.S. Army for the development of an autonomous hybrid-electric vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) uncrewed aircraft system for modular multi-mission payload delivery. “The new agreement builds on previous U.S. Army contracts from the past two years and will focus on ensuring the company’s heavy-cargo drone Chaparral can operate alongside service memb…

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Urban Air Mobility News broke the news on Wednesday, August 19, 2026.
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