U.S. X-Plane Fleet Expands For DARPA’s High-Speed VTOL Push
DARPA plans to fly at least one experimental high-speed vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft by 2027.
Credit: DARPA
If you ask DARPA, the replacement for the Bell Boeing CV-22 Osprey tiltrotor will be able to pick up a U.S. Special Forces team and fly them 500 nm to an objective, including the last 75 nm behind enemy lines. To survive, these future, infiltrating transports would keep up with escorting fighters by...
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