The U.S. Army awarded Elroy Air a $46 million multiyear contract to develop the Chaparral autonomous hybrid-electric VTOL cargo aircraft into a more capable system for resupplying forces in contested, infrastructure-limited environments, the company announced on August 18, 2026. The effort aims to reduce reliance on runways, pilots, and vulnerable logistics networks when conventional supply routes are disrupted or exposed to attack. Read full Defense News at this link …
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| Elroy Air’s Chaparral is an autonomous hybrid-electric VTOL cargo aircraft being developed under a $46 million U.S. Army program to provide GPS-denied navigation, protected communications, modular payload delivery and runway-independent resupply for contested logistics. (Picture source: Elroy Air) |
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