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The installment is expected to be the first of many for Archer, which signed contracts with AFWERX Agility Prime worth up to $142 million in July.

The agreement extends the company’s three-year partnership with AFWERX Agility Prime, the innovation arm of the Air Force dedicated to vertical lift.

A NASA-commissioned independent study team urged the agency to use everything from high-powered satellites to your cell phone to study UFOs.

The order comes days after three Marines were killed when an MV-22 Osprey went down in Australia during a training exercise.

The department revealed the U.S. plan to produce ‘multiple thousands’ of cheap, attritable drones and other systems to counter China.

Three U.S. Marines were killed in the incident and five left in serious condition, according to officials.

The demonstrator airplane, which is expected to take its first flight in 2027, is designed to cut fuel consumption, emissions and noise.

Active-duty certified flight instructors enrolled in the program are eligible for transition training in Cirrus aircraft.

MagNav prototype uses artificial intelligence and machine learning in C-17 demonstration.

The F-35 aircraft program, which faces a cost overrun of $183 billion and is more than a decade behind schedule, needs greater congressional oversight, the agency said.