As science fiction technology quickly continues becoming real, the U.S. military now has plans for an experimental plane taken straight out of video games.
The X-76 is the latest in a long series of experimental X-planes developed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).
DARPA’s X-76 experimental aircraft aims to combine helicopter flexibility with jet-like speeds and runway-independent flight.
There's a new X-plane in town. Bell Textron's tilt-rotor aircraft being built for DARPA's Speed and Runway Independent Technologies (SPRINT) program, which aims to combine the features of a helicopter ...
These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout ...
Proprotor blades stop and fold back and propulsion transitions from turboshaft to turbofan to accelerate the X-76 to speeds ...
Three Marines were killed when a U.S. military aircraft crashed during exercises in northern Australia in August 2023.
Tilt rotor aircraft like the V-22 Osprey and V-280 Valor combine the vertical takeoff capability of helicopters with the ...
A U.S. V-22 Osprey delivers a stunning low-level flyby at RAF Mildenhall in the UK. The tilt-rotor aircraft roars across the ...
The show, scheduled for July 17-19, will be headlined by the U.S. Air Force F-16 Viper Demo Team featuring the F-16C Fighting Falcon.
Six US Army test pilots have completed a three-month familiarisation course on the Bell-Boeing MV-22B Osprey with the US ...
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is investigating a complaint that alleges a helicopter operated by Fly ...