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. The DARPA ...

Spread the loveThe realm of aerospace technology is experiencing a revolutionary shift, particularly with the emergence of high-speed vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft. Among the newest ...

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 ...

Planned to fly in 2028, the X-76 will explore technologies for fast-flying runway-independent aircraft with folding rotors, crewed and uncrewed.

Toulouse-based hybrid-electric start-up Ascendance Flight Technologies has begun final assembly of its Atea vertical take-off ...

DARPA’s X-76 experimental aircraft aims to combine helicopter flexibility with jet-like speeds and runway-independent flight.

ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Oct. 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- XTI Aircraft Company (XTIA) ("XTI Aircraft"), a subsidiary of XTI Aerospace, Inc. ("XTI"), a pioneer in xVTOL and powered-lift aircraft solutions, today ...

ALPENA, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PteroDynamics, an innovator in autonomous vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft systems, and AeroVironment, Inc. (“AV ...

Some technologies, like smartphones, have a transformative impact on entire sectors of the economy and our everyday lives. Advances in autonomous unmanned aerial systems (UAS), or drones, are driving ...

The X-13 was developed in the 1950s, at a time when aerospace research was perhaps at its most fervent. The Ryan X-13 Vertijet was an experimental aircraft built to test vertical takeoffs and landings ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sep. 3—While its propeller was creating some noise on approach, a strangely shaped and quiet aircraft landed at the ...