DARPA's SPRINT X-Plane Will Be the Mother of All Vertical Lift Aircraft
28 Nov 2023, 09:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Research agency DARPA announced the four companies that will take part in the Speed and Runway Independent Technologies X-plane (SPRINT) program
NASA's Newest X-Plane Plans to Revolutionize Aircraft Wing Design
16 Jun 2023, 23:36 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Last week the U.S. Air Force granted NASA's Sustainable Flight Demonstrator X-plane status, meaning the tech being developed should revolutionize aviation
X-Plane 12 Promises to Bring Flight Simulation Realism to the Next Level
19 Nov 2022, 18:05 UTC · By: Cosmin Vasile / With 18 unique aircraft models and detailed 3D scenery for more than 17,000 airports, X-Plane 12 promises extreme realism and powerful flight simulation physics
NASA Renames Supersonic Test X-Plane as X-59 QueSST
29 Jun 2018, 08:11 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA's Low Boom Flight Demonstration (LBFD) experimental airplane gets named X-59 in honor of the iconic X-planes of the past.
NASA Supersonic X-Plane to Be Built by Lockheed Martin in 2021
4 Apr 2018, 06:26 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA awards Lockheed Martin the contract for the creation of the Low-Boom Flight Demonstrator (LBFD) X-Plane for sonic-boom tests over land.
DARPA Moves Forward with Vertical Takeoff and Landing Electric Aircraft
4 Mar 2016, 18:15 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / Looking like an angry mosquito, DARPA's electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft is starting to get shape, but it will be a few years until it flies