Based on past experience, we generally expect the development of a new kind of aircraft to be a very long process, and most of the time, that’s exactly what happens. For some reason, however, the ...

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 ...

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

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 […] ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

The United States has unveiled a new experimental aircraft designed to combine jet-like speed with the flexibility of helicopter operations.

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