In this year’s National Defense Authorization Act, they got the nod for millions of dollars of orders to outfit UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters. “At the very least,” he says, “we’re walking away with $5.5 million.”The win comes at an important time for Vita Inclinata. Still, Carr says, this is the first time that a project by an AFWERX startup had gotten into the National Defense Authorization Act. In the scheme of the entire defense budget, $11 million, the highest amount the contract could be worth, is a pittance. Part of the idea of AFWERX, after all, was to incubate military innovations that could give the Department of Defense an edge.

Source: Forbes July 17, 2020 16:52 UTC