{"id":28499,"date":"2024-04-29T16:21:43","date_gmt":"2024-04-29T16:21:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=28499"},"modified":"2024-04-29T16:22:55","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T16:22:55","slug":"u-s-navy-selects-electra-to-design-ship-based-estol-logistics-aircraft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/national-news\/u-s-navy-selects-electra-to-design-ship-based-estol-logistics-aircraft\/%20","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Navy Selects Electra to Design Ship-Based eSTOL Logistics Aircraft"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Photo above &#8211; Ongoing flight testing of Electra\u2019s 2-seat eSTOL technology demonstrator aircraft showcases its capability to operate as a contested logistics platform with ground rolls as short as 150 feet. Electra&#8217;s production aircraft will carry 9 passengers or 2,500 pounds of cargo up to 500 miles. Credit: Electra <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Electra.aero, Inc. announced that the U.S. Navy has awarded\nElectra a contract under the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) to explore the\nuse of Electra\u2019s electric short takeoff and landing (eSTOL) aircraft as a\nnext-generation aviation solution for logistics in a contested environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this study, Electra will work with Navy stakeholders to\ndefine specific contested logistics use cases and conduct a conceptual design\nstudy to evaluate how its hybrid-electric eSTOL aircraft can address unique\nNavy capability gaps. Contested logistics, a key topic of national security\ninterest, essentially refers to the movement of military personnel or supplies\nto and from areas which are challenging to reach or support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re honored to add the U.S. Navy to our portfolio of U.S.\nDepartment of Defense customers, including the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Army,\u201d\nsaid Ben Marchionna, Electra\u2019s Director of Technology and Innovation.\n\u201cElectra\u2019s eSTOL has all the right technology-enabled capabilities to help the\nNavy address next-generation aviation logistics challenges. With our\ndifferentiated combination of hybrid-electric propulsion and a blown fixed\nwing, we can offer Pacific theater-relevant payloads and ranges, and the ability\nto operate from rough soccer field-sized spaces as well as many naval vessels\nand adjacent assets, all from day one. Beyond boilerplate tactical logistics\nuse cases, we also see this airplane as an enabler for expeditionary power\ngeneration, mesh networking, and even as an essential node for Joint All-Domain\nCommand and Control (JADC2) employment. These are all gamechangers for force\nmodernization initiatives within the Navy and Marine Corps.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo above &#8211; Ongoing flight testing of Electra\u2019s 2-seat eSTOL technology demonstrator aircraft showcases its capability to operate as a contested logistics platform with ground rolls as short as 150 feet. Electra&#8217;s production aircraft will carry 9 passengers or 2,500 pounds of cargo up to 500 miles. Credit: Electra Electra.aero, Inc. announced that the U.S. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":28500,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[115],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Electra-Navy-grant.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28499"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28499\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28504,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28499\/revisions\/28504"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}