Northrop Grumman has released a photo of the Series Hybrid Electric Propulsion AiRcraft Demonstration (SHEPARD) XRQ-73 stealth drone X-plane that it has built for DARPA and is expected to fly by the end of the year.Continue ReadingCategory: Military, TechnologyTags: DARPA, Northrop Grumman, drones, Stealth, Aircraft
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First look: DARPA's latest stealth X-Plane will fly this year
Posted by ArielTechGeek 119 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
DARPA's next-gen flying wing drone X-plane set to fly this year
Posted by ArielTechGeek 132 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Looking like a miniature B-21 bomber, DARPA has shown off its new Series Hybrid Electric Propulsion AiRcraft Demonstration (SHEPARD) program aircraft. Called the XRQ-73, the long-range hybrid-electric drone is scheduled to fly by the end of the year.Continue ReadingCategory: Military, TechnologyTags: US Air Force, DARPA, drones
Bell HVTOL X-plane progresses toward prototype
Posted by ArielTechGeek 157 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Bell has been selected as one of two companies for Phase 1B of DARPA's Speed and Runway Independent Technologies (SPRINT) X-Plane program to create a prototype High-Speed Vertical Takeoff and Landing (HSVTOL) aircraft for the US military.Continue ReadingCategory: Military, TechnologyTags: Bell Helicopter, DARPA, VTOL, Tiltrotor
DARPA's new high-speed, blended-wing VTOL X-plane
Posted by ArielTechGeek 168 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Aurora Flight Sciences has revealed its latest concept for a low-drag, fan-in-blended-wing body design for DARPA's Speed and Runway Independent Technologies (SPRINT) program aimed at producing a high-speed VTOL aircraft for Special Forces missions.Continue ReadingCategory: Military, TechnologyTags: Aircraft, Boeing, DARPA, VTOL, Concept Aircraft
Bell ground tests high-speed tiltrotor technology for SPRINT X-plane
Posted by ArielTechGeek 269 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Bell has released a video showing off its High-Speed Vertical Takeoff and Landing (HSVTOL) technology in action. The two-minute video shows a ground test of the nacelle system used to lift and land a VTOL X-plane before converting to jet flight.Continue ReadingCategory: Military, TechnologyTags: Bell Helicopter, DARPA, Tiltrotor, Aircraft
DARPA's Liberty Lifter X-plane gets a face lift
Posted by ArielTechGeek 279 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Aurora Flight Sciences has released some design updates for its Liberty Lifter seaborne military heavy-lift transport X-plane the company is developing for DARPA that achieves lift by using wing-in-ground effect.Continue ReadingCategory: Military, TechnologyTags: Boeing, DARPA, aurora, Aircraft
X-59 supersonic X-plane gets rolled out by NASA and Lockheed Martin
Posted by ArielTechGeek 299 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
With the usual ballyhoo, NASA and Lockheed Martin have rolled out the X-59 supersonic aircraft today. In a ceremony at the famous Skunk Works in Palmdale, California, the experimental plane was introduced to the public before a party of dignitaries.Continue ReadingCategory: Aircraft, TransportTags: NASA, Lockheed Martin, Supersonic
DARPA picks competitors for high-speed VTOL X-Plane contract
Posted by ArielTechGeek 357 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
Active flow control X-Plane uses virtual control surfaces made from air
Posted by ArielTechGeek 657 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
DARPA has awarded Aurora Flight Sciences a phase 2 contract for its CRANE (Control of Revolutionary Aircraft with Novel Effectors) program, following wind tunnel testing of a small-scale X-plane that uses compressed air bursts instead of control surfaces.Continue ReadingCategory: Aircraft, TransportTags: DARPA, aurora, Concept Aircraft
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