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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 ...

Bell and DARPA announced the completion of the Critical Design Review (CDR) for the SPRINT aircraft, and its new name: X-76.

Bell's developmental SPRINT-X aircraft has been designated X-76 after completing its critical design review, clearing the way for construction of a demonstrator that DARPA expects to fly in early 2028 ...

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has advanced development of the X-76 experimental aircraft under its SPeed and Runway INdependent Technologies, or SPRINT, program. DARPA said Monday ...

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

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

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

Bell was downselected for the second phase of the SPRINT program in July 2025, which entails detailed design, build, and ground testing. Phase 1A and B involved conceptual and preliminary design.

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

Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. company, successfully held the Critical Design Review (CDR) for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)’s SPeed and Runway INdependent Technologies ...