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  • DARPA Taps 9 Companies to Develop VTOL Drone Designs - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Taps 9 Companies to Develop VTOL Drone Designs

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has named nine companies to develop and demonstrate conceptual designs for an uncrewed aerial system with vertical landing and takeoff, and long endurance leap-ahead capabilities. The AdvaNced airCraft Infrastructure-Less Launch And RecoverY initiative seeks to develop and flight demonstrate a VTOL aircraft that can be deployed and recovered from […] More

  • Aurora Flight Sciences, DARPA Agree on X-Plane Tech's Commercial Transition - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aurora Flight Sciences, DARPA Agree on X-Plane Tech’s Commercial Transition

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and Boeing‘s Aurora Flight Sciences subsidiary have agreed to transition aircraft technology developed through the DARPA-funded Vertical Takeoff and Landing Experimental Plane program to commercial applications. Aurora said Tuesday its XV-24 subscale vehicle demonstrator reached key aviation milestones during the course of the VTOL X-Plane project. The platform includes a a synchronous electric-drive […] More

  • Aurora Flight Sciences to Continue X-Plane Devt for NASA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aurora Flight Sciences to Continue X-Plane Devt for NASA

    Aurora Flight Sciences has received a 12-month contract to further develop a subsonic aircraft technology as part of a NASA program that aims to increase fuel and operational efficiency and reduce noise of commercial planes. The company said Tuesday it will continue to work with Pratt & Whitney and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to advance the D8 […] More