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

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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has been quietly building one of the most unusual experimental aircraft in recent memory, a missile-shaped drone designed to carry and launch its own ...

A new video shows the Scaled Composites Model 437 Vanguard during its recent first flight. On August 29, 2024, Scaled Composites’ new Model 437 aircraft, named Vanguard and registered as N437VN, ...

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Boeing and NASA will pause work on a new, experimental aircraft design meant to deliver more sustainable options for the future of aviation. The aircraft project — called the X-66A Sustainable Flight ...

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Who said sustainability and speed can’t go together? The Racer just launched a new era for high-speed helicopters—or, more accurately, a new version of mixed-design aircraft. First announced in 2017, ...

SEATTLE — Boeing is grounding a new aircraft currently in development after a problem was found with a part unique to the 777-9 model, according to the aerospace company. The issue, a spokesperson ...

The Model 437 began as a conceptual design, based on the Model 401, exploring a multi-mission low-cost attritable aircraft. The Model 437 Vanguard is a crewed variant of the original concept powered ...

The Gloster Meteor, Britain’s first operational jet fighter, was developed under strict secrecy during the Second World War.