There's a new X-plane in town. Bell Textron's tilt-rotor aircraft being built for DARPA's Speed and Runway Independent Technologies (SPRINT) program, which aims to combine the features of a helicopter ...
Aviation, as humanity has been experiencing for the past 120 years or so, means an aircraft needs engines to take off and fly, wings to keep it in the air, and physical control surfaces (stabilizers, ...
The X-76 is not intended for mass production or combat service. Instead, it will serve as a testbed for new aerial innovations, which could be seen on future combat aircraft. DARPA has officially ...