The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has selected Bell Textron for the phase two of its Speed and Runway Independent Technologies (SPRINT) X-Plane program. The objective of the US ...

One major contender in this race is Bell with its X-plane that looks something like a Bell Boeing Osprey with the sort of hidden feature one would expect from a Transformer toy. After take off, the ...

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is channeling tens of millions of dollars into Aurora Flight Sciences for two experimental aircraft programs that together could redefine how the U.S.

Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, has been down-selected for Phase 2 of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Speed and Runway Independent Technologies (SPRINT) ...

Artist’s concept of the Bell X-Plane. Source | Bell Textron Inc. Bell Textron Inc. (Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.), a Textron Inc. company, has been down-selected for Phase 2 of the Defense Advanced ...

Karem Aircraft has been confirmed as one of four competitors selected for the initial preliminary design phase of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (Darpa) Vertical Take-Off and Landing ...

Aviation Week editors discuss the state of X-planes, how they have historically performed and what challenge the next X-plane program should take on. Don't miss a single episode of the award-winning ...

NASA yesterday chose Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Skunk Works in Palmdale to build the next X-plane to serve as a low-sonic boom demonstrator test vehicle. The Skunk Works facility is where aircraft ...