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Liberty Lifter was intended to design and build a seaplane with the cargo capacity of a C-17 Globemaster, that could take off ...
Bell will design and build a high-speed VTOL demonstrator for DARPA’s SPRINT program, as Aurora exits the competition.
Why does DARPA want to build a reusable space plane? An agency representative explains.
Aurora Flight Sciences will start the detailed design of the novel, high-performance aircraft as it powers towards an X-plane demonstration flight.
“DARPA is trying to see what is possible.” The Air Force has also developed the X-37B experimental space plane, which looks like a smaller version of the space shuttle orbiter.
Bell's concept for an advanced tiltrotor-jet hybrid aircraft will move into the build stage of the US Defense Advanced ...
Bell to Build X-Plane for Phase 2 of DARPA Speed and Runway Independent Technologies (SPRINT) X-Plane Program  Front Page ...
DARPA wants to create a tiny unmanned plane that could take off and land nearly anywhere in the world.
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is embarking on a groundbreaking initiative to develop living structures in space that can self-assemble and adapt to environmental conditions.
True to DARPA’s nature, it has been a secret program ever since. What we do know is that the X-37B was first dropped from beneath the wing of a mothership in 2006, and it first launched into ...
One of DARPA’s biggest criteria for companies developing Space-BACN is to make the system reconfigurable so it can translate between a wide range of satellite constellations.
Why does DARPA want to build a reusable space plane? An agency representative explains.