The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has advanced development of the X-76 experimental aircraft under its SPeed and Runway INdependent Technologies, or SPRINT, program. DARPA said Monday ...

Bell’s DARPA SPRINT demonstrator has received the X-76 designation after passing Critical Design Review, with flight testing planned for early 2028.

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.

In military aviation, the runway has always been a tether. It provides the distance ...

DARPA's X-76 aircraft, designed in cooperation with USSOCOM to break the trade-off between speed and agility, is set to move into the next production phase with Bell Textron.

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 ...

Northrop Grumman’s Manta Ray is a new extra-large uncrewed underwater vehicle designed to operate in the deep ocean for months without human support. Developed under DARPA’s Manta Ray program, the ...

Bell is reinventing aviation, again.

The new X‑Plane, officially revealed as the X‑76, is able to take off without a runway but still fly at fast speeds like ...

FAA launches pilot projects starting this summer The skies over parts of the US could soon get busier, as the Federal Aviation Administration launches pilot projects spanning 26 states to test ...

Bell and DARPA announced the completion of the Critical Design Review (CDR) for the SPRINT aircraft, and its new name: X-76.

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