In an effort to supercharge the development of military drones, DARPA will this year fast track flight testing of five ...

Read more about DARPA's Early VTOL Aircraft Demonstration program, designed to accelerate drone development and deployment to warfighters.

AV Flies Wildcat VTOL UAS In DARPA’s Evade Project is published in Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, an Aviation Week ...

The EVADE initiative accelerates DARPA's AdvaNced airCraft Infrastructure-Less Launch And RecoverY (ANCILLARY) program Phase ...

DARPA's SPRINT X-Plane program pushes the limits of VTOL design, targeting 400+ knot speeds and fully runway independent!

Defense contractor AeroVironment says it performed the first test flights of the Wildcat drone it is developing for DARPA's ...

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has sped up the start of flight-testing by more than a year of vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) ...

VTOL aircraft negate the need for a runway, meaning they can be launched more easily. DARPA also wants these X-planes to be capable of operating in adverse weather conditions without supporting ...

In a nutshell, DARPA wants a "vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) uncrewed aerial system (UAS) that can be deployed and retrieved without the large mechanical launchers and landing/recovery ...

DARPA's ANCILLARY program aims to develop a vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft that can operate in areas without preexisting air bases or other infrastructure.

DARPA has unveiled images of all six design concepts for its ANCILLARY programme on which the agency will expect to see the end of design maturation before mid-2025 followed by X-plane flight tests in ...