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

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.

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bell Textron Inc. is considering far north Fort Worth for a new manufacturing facility that would build parts for the next ...

Bell Textron is gearing up to pour roughly $70 million into retooling a big factory in north Fort Worth so it can build the U ...

Bell Textron will employ 400 at its new Fort Worth facility, supporting the U.S. Army’s Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) program. The first project to be qualified under the new Texas Jobs, ...

Bell Textron Inc. is considering far north Fort Worth for a new manufacturing facility that would build parts for the next generation of military helicopters. The plant off Interstate 35W would employ ...