One of DARPA’s latest projects is set to reshape the future of aviation for the US Armed forces - the SPRINT X-Plane program.

A San Diego defense technology company unveiled an artificial intelligence-piloted fighter jet Tuesday that can take off vertically without runways, accelerating the Pentagon's push toward a future ...

AeroVironment (AV) was down selected by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for continued development of its X-Plane design for the agency’s AdvaNced airCraft Infrastructure-Less ...

In the age of the SLT a vectored thrust market entry from Foxtech. Only one motor becomes a passenger when in forward flight. Also much less in the way of a framework for the quad motor setup normally ...

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 ...

Sierra Nevada Corporation revealed recently that it finalized acquiring drone developer Volansi, with the former planning to use the latter’s UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) technologies to support a ...

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 ...

Helicopters and other rotorcraft are impressive bits of technology, but the only place where they match the performance of fixed-wing aircraft is in bad 1980s television. That may soon change with ...

ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AeroVironment (AV) was down selected by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for continued development of its X-Plane design for the agency’s AdvaNced ...