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AFWERX, the service\u2019s unit that focuses on innovation, and Burlington, Vermont-based electric aerospace firm Beta Technologies are building it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beta Technologies is one of more than a dozen companies with contracts through the Air Force\u2019s Agility Prime program, a three-year-old effort that aims to accelerate industry\u2019s work on creating and fielding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/battlefield-tech\/2023\/09\/25\/jobys-air-taxis-to-help-us-air-force-usher-in-electric-aviation-era\/\" target=\"_blank\">electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Duke Field charging station is scheduled to be finished by Oct. 13. Beta is expected to deliver its ALIA eVTOL aircraft to the base for testing in early fall. Duke is 10 miles north of Eglin Air Force Base, and is home to the 413th Flight Test Squadron, which tests rotary wing aircraft for the service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The station will have a Level 3 supercharger developed by Beta, and is expected to be able to recharge an eVTOL in under an hour using DC current. Level 3 chargers are the kind typically installed in electric vehicle stations in malls, parking garages and other public areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf you want to make [electric aircraft] viable from a commercial or military perspective, I can\u2019t wait 24 hours to charge my airplane,\u201d Maj. Riley Livermore, the squadron\u2019s flight commander, said in the Air Force\u2019s statement. \u201cThey need to do it in less than an hour.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But a fast charger like this requires a tremendous amount of power \u2014 enough to provide electricity for 250 homes, Livermore said. So the base upgraded its electric grid with a 1000 kW transformer to provide the high-power current needed to quickly charge aircraft at the 480-volt, 400-amp station, he said. The new transformer can raise or lower a current\u2019s voltage and intensity as needed while keeping the electricity flow steady.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maj. Anthony Zartman, the head of the Agility Prime program, said the service\u2019s experimentation with eVTOL craft is progressing into a new phase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019ve grown to the point now with our partners that we\u2019re ready to put hardware at multiple bases and take a close look at possible use cases,\u201d Zartman said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Air Force is considering dozens of potential uses for electric aircraft, from rapidly transporting cargo or passengers around a base to search-and-rescue missions in combat. 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