The latest generation of experimental aircraft is no longer chasing raw speed alone, it is trying to change how the air itself behaves around a flying machine. From quiet supersonic jets to flexible ...

DARPA has begun building the X-76, a next-generation aircraft that combines the speed of a fighter jet with the vertical takeoff capability of a helicopter.

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

Aircraft manufacturing doesn’t have to be a commercial activity. Mark Strauss The Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center has a new airplane: a Sonex Waiex-B that was built in one week at the Experimental ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Rockford chapter of the experimental aircraft association shows off its progress on a kit plane. EAA Chapter 22 at Cottonwood ...

DARPA’s X-76 experimental aircraft aims to combine helicopter flexibility with jet-like speeds and runway-independent flight.

The experimental XB-1 aircraft, made by US company Boom Supersonic, flew faster than the speed of sound on 28 January. The achievement is the first time any civil aircraft has gone supersonic over the ...

Just how do you eat an elephant? Start with the first bite, that’s how. And that’s the aeronautical version of what local resident Allen Maris, 50, of Santa Ynez has bitten off with the construction ...