RapidFlight, designer and additive manufacturer of attritable, mission-customized, mass-producible drones, successfully demonstrated its ability to rapidly design, manufacture, and deploy the SPX, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), to Autonomy Prime specifications in less than 90 days. This was a first deliverable under RapidFlight's $10 million contract with the U.S. Air Force (USAF) AFWERX Autonomy Prime program. The work under the contract culminated with successful three-day training effort followed by USAF-operated flights at Airlie Airfield in Warrenton, Virginia last month.
This project milestone follows the June 2024 announcement that RapidFlight was tasked with delivering a rapidly customizable, mission oriented, autonomous, fixed-wing UAV to address urgent Department of Defense requirements. The contract positioned RapidFlight as a key partner in the U.S. Air Force's modernization efforts, leveraging the company's proprietary AgileAviation process to rapidly design and manufacture mission-ready aircraft.
RapidFlight demonstrated its ability to swiftly deploy SPX, a clean-sheet aircraft, fully designed and manufactured to customer specified mission requirements. RapidFlight then trained USAF personnel in just three days to successfully fly and operate the aircraft. This milestone marks a new chapter for the SPX platform as a deployable asset for the U.S., other DoD customers, and their allies.
