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The Army launched the Group 4+ S/VTOL Challenge to collaborate with industry on runway-independent unmanned aircraft systems.

Beta Technologies has partnered with Surf Air Mobility to launch the first commercial passenger operations of its Alia ...

Bell just completed the Critical Design Review for DARPA's SPRINT program, meaning it can build its next-gen X-76 VTOL aircraft.

The skies over parts of the US could soon get busier, as the Federal Aviation Administration launches pilot projects spanning 26 states to test electric air taxis and other next-gen aircraft, with ...

DARPA’s X-76 experimental aircraft aims to combine helicopter flexibility with jet-like speeds and runway-independent flight.

To avoid relying on full-size aircraft carriers, Grumman proposed a VTOL aircraft that could operate from helicopter-sized platforms on smaller ships. The G-674 concept rotated the rear fuselage and ...

The Bell X-76 was officially given its X-Plane designation on March 9, 2026, in honor of the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency ...

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

One of the Pentagon's most secretive groups of experts has revealed renderings of its latest military plane meant for unique, ...

DARPA has assigned the designation X-76 to the Speed and Runway Independent Technologies (SPRINT) project, a Bell proof-of-concept technology demonstrator ...