Aurora Unveils High-Speed VTOL X-Plane Concept Design Written 9 October 2024
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Artist’s rendering of Aurora Flight Sciences’ @DARPA SPRINT X-plane. | Credit: Aurora Flight Sciences; X/Twitter
Aviation Week reports, “Aurora Flight Sciences on Oct. 8 unveiled new details of a notional operational variant of the fan-in-wing concept it is proposing for a high-speed, vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) X-Plane. The operational version of the Boeing-owned company’s candidate for a DARPA demonstrator program would boast nearly the same wingspan and payload weight of a Lockheed Martin C-130J, yet fly up to 90 kt. faster and be able to take off and land vertically like a helicopter.”
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