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DARPA's high-speed VTOL SPRINT aircraft receives X-76 X-plane designation

DARPA has assigned the designation X-76 to the Speed and Runway Independent Technologies (SPRINT) project, a Bell ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN

Bell’s new 517 mph-speeding aircraft for DARPA’s SPRINT program passes design review

In military aviation, the runway has always been a tether. It provides the distance ...

Bell’s X-76 Fold-Away Rotor Aircraft Is DARPA’s Newest X-Plane

Planned to fly in 2028, the X-76 will explore technologies for fast-flying runway-independent aircraft with folding rotors, crewed and uncrewed.
Robb Report

This Bonkers High-Speed X-Plane Combines a Jet’s Speed With an VTOL’s Agility

The new concept is being developed for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Speed and Runway Independent Technologies (SPRINT) program. The main aim of SPRINT is to create an X-plane that ...
The National Interest

Why Do People Still Fly Biplanes?

The concept still demonstrates its strong, lightweight structure and excellent maneuverability at low speed. Many people are aware—consciously or instinctively—that the world’s first successful ...