[Avionics Today 04-19-2016] Aurora Flight Sciences’ successfully flew its Subscale Vehicle Demonstrator (SVD) of its LightningStrike, Vertical Take-off and Landing Experimental Plane (VTOL x-plane) ...

MANASSAS, VA--(Marketwired - Feb 4, 2014) - Aurora Flight Sciences announced today the award of a Phase I contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Vertical Takeoff and ...

Aurora Flight Sciences announced today that the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded the company Phase 1B funding to continue participation in the DARPA Vertical Take Off and ...

Rendering of Aurora Flight Science’s Vertical Take-Off and Landing Experimental Aircraft. Photo: Aurora [Avionics Today 03-04-2016] The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has chosen ...

The VTOL X-Plane is an interesting military plane project led by DARPA who have just awarded the contract to Aurora Flight Sciences. The VTOL X-Plane has some interesting technology that DARPA and ...

Aurora Flight Sciences has flown a 20%-scaled demonstrator of the unmanned LightningStrike, a uniquely electric-powered X-plane launched less than two months ago with a contract from the US Defense ...

Aurora Flight Sciences announced today that the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded the company the prime contract for Phase 2 of the Agency’s Vertical Takeoff and Landing ...

Aurora Flight Sciences will build a prototype of its unmanned, hybrid-propulsion “LightningStrike” aircraft after beating two remaining competitors for the coveted DARPA vertical take-off and landing ...