VTOL capability comes from the vehicle’s unique tandem-wing, “tilt-aircraft” architecture. Other eVTOL models feature ...
Guessing Headlights on MSN
The One-Off Boeing Prototype Behind the Tankers Used in Operation Epic Fury
The tankers fueling Operation Epic Fury trace back to Boeing's Dash 80—a 1950s prototype that barrel-rolled into history and became the KC-135 and 707.
The Aviationist on MSN
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 proof-of-concept technology demonstrator for a high-speed tiltrotor. The DARPA ...
Planned to fly in 2028, the X-76 will explore technologies for fast-flying runway-independent aircraft with folding rotors, crewed and uncrewed.
A closer look at the duality of the modern cockpit.
History has its share of forgotten aircraft carriers. These long-forgotten ships were often testbeds for new technologies and strategies.
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.
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 ...
The Department of Defense announced three contracts Thursday to Boeing and Raytheon worth nearly $2.7 billion, with some work in Huntsville. Boeing Boeing is continuing work on a prototype for the ...
At the Future of Flight Center in Everett, visitors can watch jets take off from Paine Field, explore hands-on aviation exhibits and more.
Toulouse-based hybrid-electric start-up Ascendance Flight Technologies has begun final assembly of its Atea vertical take-off ...
Three-year trials of electric air taxis, autonomous aircraft, and other aviation technologies will be conducted.
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