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Sabrewing’s Rhaegal Cargo Carriers Boosted by U.S. Air Force Agility Prime Funding
The Rhaegal-A prototype aircraft will be evaluated by the U.S. Air Force under a $3.25 million contract
Sabrewing Rhaegal cargo eVTOL aircraft
Sabrewing Aircraft is developing the Rhaegal eVTOL aircraft family mainly for cargo-carrying applications. [Photo: Sabrewing Aircraft]

The U.S. Air Force recently awarded Sabrewing Aircraft the first contract under its new Agility Prime program to support development of eVTOL aircraft for potential military applications. The $3.25 million contract was confirmed on April 21 under Agility Prime’s AFWERX Small Business Innovative Research Phase II project and will involve testing of Sabrewing’s Rhaegal-A prototype unmanned cargo aircraft.

On May 1, Sabrewing “rolled out” the Rhaegal-A prototype as the finale to the Air Force’s week-long Agility Prime event. The California-based company has also built a Rhaegal-B model as part of its wider Rhaegal program to develop a family of autonomous cargo-carrying aircraft for civil and military applications. The Rhaegal-B is about twice the size of the -A model. Already in the works is a larger Wyvern model, which will be almost twice the size of the -B.