DARPA and Aurora Flight Sciences have begun building the first full-scale X-65 aircraft to demonstrate a new method of flight control that uses no external moving parts. The X-65 is an experimental ...

The AdvaNced airCraft Infrastructure-Less Launch And RecoverY program aims to develop a long endurance, vertical takeoff and landing unmanned air system. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency ...

"DARPA call on industry to design a powerful heavy-lift drone" was originally created and published by Naval Technology, a ...

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is poised to launch its futuristic X-65 aircraft in 2025, ushering in a new era of flight control technology. Spearheaded by DARPA's Control of ...

February 13 2025, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced its secretive Aerospace Projects Office (APO) is developing a large hypersonic bomber prototype as part of the Next ...

American military research agency DARPA has always been at the forefront of technological advancements, and one of its most recent projects, the Speed and Runway Independent Technologies X-plane ...

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 ...

The U.S. military could soon have new uncrewed aircraft that carry weapons and take off and land vertically. The vehicles could undergo test flights as early as 2026. The Defense Advanced Research ...

AV’s Wildcat has tail-mounted lift propellers for vertical flight and a nose-mounted prop for wing-borne cruise. Credit: Aerovironment AeroVironment’s Wildcat has transitioned to wing-borne forward ...