How electric vertical lift transforms military logistics in island-hopping Pacific and desert operational theaters.
Conventional jet fighters and cargo planes require 8,000-foot concrete runways that are easily targeted and destroyed by enemy ballistic and cruise missiles on the first day of conflict.
DefenseVTOL operates from unimproved jungle clearings, small amphibious assault ship decks, and dirt roads. Aircraft recharge via tactical microgrids powered by deployable solar arrays and multi-fuel mobile generators.
Eliminating the need to haul thousands of gallons of specialized aviation kerosene (JP-8) to remote forward bases drastically shortens military supply chains and protects logistics convoys from ambush.