Archer Aviation has begun piloted vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) flight testing of its Midnight eVTOL aircraft, marking a significant step toward transition flights and planned commercial ...
To avoid relying on full-size aircraft carriers, Grumman proposed a VTOL aircraft that could operate from helicopter-sized platforms on smaller ships. The G-674 concept rotated the rear fuselage and ...
Proprotor blades stop and fold back and propulsion transitions from turboshaft to turbofan to accelerate the X-76 to speeds of about 400 kt. Credit: Bell The stop-fold tiltrotor uncrewed aircraft ...
Bell Textron has completed the Critical Design Review for DARPA’s SPRINT (Speed and Runway Independent Technologies) X-Plane program, and the aircraft has officially received the X-76 designation. The ...
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DARPA has assigned the designation X-76 to the Speed and Runway Independent Technologies (SPRINT) project, a Bell proof-of-concept technology demonstrator for a high-speed tiltrotor. DARPA (Defense ...