Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, has received a $6 million award from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to install the company’s ALIAS/MATRIX ™ flight autonomy system onto the ...

The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has selected a second competitor for Phase 1B of its Speed and Runway Independent Technologies (SPRINT) programme, the agency announced on 28 ...

Sikorsky’s optionally piloted UH-60A Black Hawk has demonstrated completely uninhabited resupply capability. Credit: Sikorsky Sikorsky has been awarded a $6 million DARPA contract to install its ...

The aviation industry is going through some truly major changes. And, at least this time, I'm not referring to the strides made in the field of means of propulsion, but specifically to the changes in ...

What is cheaper: developing an autonomous aircraft from scratch, or gifting an existing one with the tools it needs to fly itself? The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) seems to think ...

Sikorsky has advanced to the next phase of a DARPA project to develop an unmanned VTOL aircraft capable of flying all-weather missions from ships or land. The rotor blown wing VTOL tail-sitter is ...

We got a glimpse at what a new cross between a helicopter and a jet aircraft might look like after Bell released a new image. It's of a model used in wind tunnel tests of its entry in DARPA's Speed ...

DARPA has tapped six companies of varying sizes to create a drone that can take off and land vertically from a ship and then fly forward for long distances, called ANCILLARY. Sikorsky's pitch for the ...

The X-76, an experimental aircraft developed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), has completed its Critical Design Review (CDR), the agency announced on Monday. The X-76 will now ...

A collaboration between Aurora Flight Sciences and Boeing is working on an innovative high-speed, vertical lift aircraft concept. They have just completed the conceptual design review and target first ...

When the US finally decided to evacuate its troops, diplomatic officers, and local allies from Vietnam in 1975, the biggest problem was a lack of helicopter landing zones. The country had left the job ...