Bell just completed the Critical Design Review for DARPA's SPRINT program, meaning it can build its next-gen X-76 VTOL aircraft.

Proprotor blades stop and fold back and propulsion transitions from turboshaft to turbofan to accelerate the X-76 to speeds ...

Joby Aviation (JOBY) -- in partnership with defense contractor L3Harris Technologies (LHX) -- has completed a test fight of a hybrid autonomous VTOL defense aircraft using Joby’s SuperPilot autonomy ...

Archer Aviation has begun piloted vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) flight testing of its Midnight eVTOL aircraft, marking a significant step toward transition flights and planned commercial ...

Bell Textron has completed the Critical Design Review for DARPA’s SPRINT (Speed and Runway Independent Technologies) X-Plane program, and the aircraft has officially received the X-76 designation. The ...

Toulouse-based hybrid-electric start-up Ascendance Flight Technologies has begun final assembly of its Atea vertical take-off ...

Archer Aviation (NYSE:ACHR) executives used the company’s fourth-quarter 2025 earnings call to outline progress on flight testing and certification for its Midnight electric vertical takeoff and ...

Planned to fly in 2028, the X-76 will explore technologies for fast-flying runway-independent aircraft with folding rotors, crewed and uncrewed.

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

VTOL company Archer Aviation reported 2025 financial results Monday along with updates on expansion and progress on air taxi service for 2028 Summer Olympics in L.A.