DARPA Picks Bell Over Aurora To Build SPRINT X-plane

Artist impression of Bell X-planes
Credit: Bell
Bell will get a chance to build an X-plane demonstrator for high-speed vertical-takeoff-and-landing technology based on a stop/fold tiltrotor. DARPA selected Bell over a rival bid from Boeing-owned Aurora Flight Sciences to enter Phase 2 of the Speed and Runway Independent Technologies (SPRINT)...
Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington, DC.

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