DARPA VTOL XPlaneDARPA Wants To Invent An Aircraft That Hovers Like A Helicopter But Flies Like A Plane

The new DARPA program announced late February is aimed at kick-starting private industry into creating a completely new type of aircraft. Project head Ashish Bagai says he wants nothing less than to spark a paradigm shift.

The VTOL X-Plane program is to challenge industry and innovative engineers to concurrently push the envelope in four areas: speed, hover efficiency, cruise efficiency and useful load capacity.” DARPA VTOL X Plane

We will be actively seeking collaboration arrangements to see our technology included in this program.