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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 ...
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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 ...

Bell’s X-76 Fold-Away Rotor Aircraft Is DARPA’s Newest X-Plane

Planned to fly in 2028, the X-76 will explore technologies for fast-flying runway-independent aircraft with folding rotors, crewed and uncrewed.
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Meet the X-76: DARPA’s Bold New Aircraft Could Change How Wars Are Fought

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

DARPA Reveals the X-76: The X-Plane Aims to Combine Helicopter Freedom With Jet Speed

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