Darpa Takes Air Vehicles to New Limits

Credit: NASA
Supersonic flying wings with variable sweep, rotors that slow or stop in flight, aircraft that maneuver by changing shape, vehicles that cruise hypersonically or loiter indefinitely—all are taking shape as Darpa pushes the edge of the envelope in aeronautics. Over the years, the agency has helped...

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