Personnel secure batteries to a Hexa aircraft's motors at Eglin
Air Force Base, Fla., before its first flight at a military
airfield, July 6, 2022. The unmanned electric aircraft, piloted
via remote control, used 18 motors and propellers to fly for
approximately 10 minutes and reach a height of about 50 feet.
The Air Force's 413th Flight Test Squadron provided
coordination, logistics and support for the Hexa team's
developmental ground and flight-testing operations.