Boeing社傘下のAurora Flight Sciences（以下：Aurora）は、次世代VTOL機「X-Plane」のコンセプト設計レビューを完了し、予備設計レビューの開発を継続することが決定した この航空機は、国防高等研究計画局（DARPA）のSPRINT（Speed and Runway Independent Technologies）と呼ば ...

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 ...

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has helped develop a lot of wondrous technology over the years, including most notably the Internet. This week, the U.S. government agency ...

Four companies – Aurora Flight Sciences, Boeing, Karem Aircraft and Sikorsky – will compete to build a high-speed, vertical take-off and landing X-plane with improved hover efficiency, the Defense ...

If there was a competition for the oddest looking aircraft, then DARPA's VTOL Experimental Plane (VTOL X-Plane) would have to be in the running for the main prize. With a modularized, cellular wing ...