The desire to fly faster than ever has been the one overwhelming idea that has propelled human flight. Since the Wright Flyer first took flight many years ago at a walking pace at most, the history of ...
Pilots sometimes need to operate at slow speeds—during tight turns and landings, for instance—and good low-speed handling is the hallmark of a great fighter jet. People tend to associate raw speed ...
The use of speed guns and speed cameras to prosecute speeding drivers is nothing new. However, not so widely known is the use of aircraft to clock speeding drivers. But just how seriously should you ...
DARPA has assigned the designation X-76 to the Speed and Runway Independent Technologies (SPRINT) project, a Bell proof-of-concept technology demonstrator for a high-speed tiltrotor. DARPA (Defense ...
FORT WALTON BEACH, Florida–A high-speed aircraft that doesn’t need a runway is next on DARPA's drawing board, the research agency's director said Wednesday. What will that look like? It could be a new ...