In the late 1940s, America was running into a terrifying problem in high-speed flight. Engineers were pushing faster and ...

DARPA has assigned the designation X-76 to the Speed and Runway Independent Technologies (SPRINT) project, a Bell proof-of-concept technology demonstrator for a high-speed tiltrotor. The DARPA ...

Bell just completed the Critical Design Review for DARPA's SPRINT program, meaning it can build its next-gen X-76 VTOL aircraft.

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 X-76 is not intended for mass production or combat service. Instead, it will serve as a testbed for new aerial ...

Whether someone is an independent filmmaker trying to make a name for themselves or just making cheesy, low-budget movies with friends and family for fun, the submission period for the fourth ...

Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. company, successfully held the Critical Design Review (CDR) for the Defense Advanced ...

The X-76 is the latest in a long series of experimental X-planes developed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).

Nestled in the Mojave Desert, NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, pushes the boundaries of flight to advance the agency’s aeronautics mission. This is where Chuck Yeager ...

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

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

Bell’s DARPA SPRINT demonstrator has received the X-76 designation after passing Critical Design Review, with flight testing planned for early 2028.