Bell, Aurora To Compete For DARPA’s Sprint X-plane Program

Bell will take its stop/fold tiltrotor X-plane to a preliminary design review under Phase 1B of DARPA’s Sprint project.

Credit: Bell
Bell has been named as the second performer under Phase 1B of a DARPA program to build a high-speed vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) X-plane, proceeding with preliminary design of a flight demonstrator alongside rival Aurora Flight Sciences. Aurora and Bell are the only two selected out of the...
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