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 and Runway Independent Technology (SPRINT) program.Continue ReadingCategory: Military, TechnologyTags: Bell Helicopter, DARPA, Tiltrotor, VTOL
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First look at jet-powered VTOL X-plane for DARPA program
Posted by ArielTechGeek 164 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
DARPA enlists Harvard tech to fight deadly blood infections in the field
Posted by ArielTechGeek 244 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Treating life-threatening bloodstream infections in combat situations is challenging, especially when the pathogen responsible is unknown. So, DARPA has called on Harvard’s Wyss Institute to use its groundbreaking biotech to fight this deadly threat.Continue ReadingCategory: ScienceTags: Infections, Biotechnology, DARPA, Wyss Institute, Harvard
DARPA intends to wirelessly charge drones while in flight by power-beaming
Posted by ArielTechGeek 358 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Dr. Ifana Mahbub, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at The University of Texas, had already received the Young Faculty Award from DARPA in 2021, giving her US$500,000 over two years for her project. The fellowship offers an additional $250,000 in funding to continue development of the power-beaming technology.Continue ReadingCategory: TechnologyTags: UAV, drones, Resea
Sikorsky flight tests rotor blown wing VTOL tail-sitter for DARPA
Posted by ArielTechGeek 362 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
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 currently undergoing flight testing.Continue ReadingCategory: Aircraft, TransportTags: DARPA, Sikorsky, VTOL, Lockheed Martin, UAS, UAV, drones
DARPA and Northrop Grumman's railway on the Moon
Posted by ArielTechGeek 425 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
In preparation for a permanent human colony on the Moon, DARPA has awarded a contract to Northrop Grumman to develop a lunar railway concept, as part of the 10-year Lunar Architecture (LunA-10) Capability Study.Continue ReadingCategory: Space, ScienceTags: DARPA, NASA, Moon, Northrop Grumman, Railways
DARPA okays construction of X-65 plane with air jet flight controls
Posted by ArielTechGeek 502 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
DARPA has awarded a contract to Aurora Flight Sciences to build a full-scale aircraft called the X-65. It will test a new technology that replaces moving control surfaces with Active Flow Control (AFC) actuators that use jets of air for control.Continue ReadingCategory: Aircraft, TransportTags: DARPA, aurora, Aircraft, Flight
DARPA picks competitors for high-speed VTOL X-Plane contract
Posted by ArielTechGeek 552 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
DARPA has announced the four companies that will compete for the contract to design, build and test an X-Plane demonstrator capable of high-speed cruise, hover and VTOL for its Speed and Runway Independent Technologies (SPRINT) project.Continue ReadingCategory: Aircraft, TransportTags: DARPA, VTOL, Aircraft
Boeing to develop hypersonic missile interceptor for DARPA
Posted by ArielTechGeek 607 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Boeing has been tapped by DARPA to develop and test the technology that will be required to build a prototype to intercept hypersonic missiles in the upper atmosphere as part of the agency's four-year Glide Breaker program.Continue ReadingCategory: Military, TechnologyTags: Boeing, DARPA, Hypersonic, Weapons
DARPA launches program in quest for "Red October" silent submarine drive
Posted by ArielTechGeek 716 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Taking a plot point from the 1990 Sean Connery thriller The Hunt for Red October, DARPA is working on a super-silent submarine drive that has no moving parts and provides propulsion through the water using magnets and electricity.Continue ReadingCategory: Military, TechnologyTags: DARPA, Submarine, Electromagnetic, Marine, Magnetic field
DARPA selects competitors for its Liberty Lifter seaplane project
Posted by ArielTechGeek 837 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
DARPA has chosen two radically different designs from teams led by General Atomics and Aurora Flight Systems for development of the Liberty Lifter Seaplane Wing-in-Ground Effect full-scale seaborne strategic and tactical heavy lift demonstrator.Continue ReadingCategory: Military, TechnologyTags: DARPA, Aircraft, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, aurora
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