Bell Tunnel-Tests Stop-Fold HSVTOL For DARPA’s Sprint

Graham Warwick December 05, 2024
Bell HSTVTOL wind tunnel
Credit: Bell
Bell has completed wind-tunnel testing of its proposed X-plane for a DARPA project to demonstrate a high-speed vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft. The company is competing against Boeing subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences to build and fly the subscale demonstrator in 2027-28. The scale model of...
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