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DARPA Taps Four Firms to Produce VTOL Aircraft Faster Than Osprey

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DECEMBER 28,2023

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DARPA has selected four industry partners to develop a vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) system that offers more speed than the V-22 Osprey tiltrotor military aircraft.

Called the Speed and Runway Independent Technologies (SPRINT) program, it seeks to design, manufacture, and fly a platform combining high-speed capabilities and runway independence.

The resulting VTOL will serve as a proof-of-concept demonstrator for associated flight test programs and other concepts that can be produced in different aircraft sizes.

In collaboration with US Special Operations Command, DARPA appointed Boeing subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences, Bell Textron, Northrop Grumman Aeronautical Systems, and Pennsylvania-based Piasecki Aircraft Corporation to complete Phase 1A of the initiative.