Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. company, successfully held the Critical Design Review (CDR) for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)’s SPeed and Runway INdependent Technologies ...

Luke Diaz is a freelance military writer with experience with active duty experience in the US Navy as well as defense and industrial engineering. He is a former Naval Flight Officer who performed ...

The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has unveiled a new experimental jet convertiplane, the X-76. It is designed to combine the speed of a jet aircraft with the […] ...

The X-76 is the latest in a long series of experimental X-planes developed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).

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

Bell is set to begin building its X-plane demonstrator capable of flying at speeds of up to 450 knots after completing a critical design review (CDR) with ...

In late February 2026, RTX’s BBN Technologies won a DARPA XENA research contract and Raytheon ELCAN secured a customized Specter DR 1–4x sight production deal for the German Armed Forces, extending ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.—An interdisciplinary team of Mississippi State University researchers has been awarded $850,000 from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, to enhance early ...

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

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

Phasecraft, the world’s leading quantum algorithms company, today announced it has commenced work on the University of ...

Just as every generation thinks it’s the first to discover sex, every new generation of military planners seems to think it’s ...