DARPA has assigned the designation X-76 to the Speed and Runway Independent Technologies (SPRINT) project, a Bell ...

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.

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 ...

Proprotor blades stop and fold back and propulsion transitions from turboshaft to turbofan to accelerate the X-76 to speeds ...

Bell just completed the Critical Design Review for DARPA's SPRINT program, meaning it can build its next-gen X-76 VTOL aircraft.

The X-76 is the latest in a long series of experimental X-planes developed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).

In military aviation, the runway has always been a tether. It provides the distance ...

As science fiction technology quickly continues becoming real, the U.S. military now has plans for an experimental plane taken straight out of video games.

Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. company, successfully held the Critical Design Review (CDR) for the Defense Advanced ...

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