Northrop Grumman developing XS-1 Experimental Spaceplane
Northrop Grumman with Scaled Composites and Virgin Galactic, developing XS-1 Experimental Spaceplane design for DARPA, shown here in an artist’s concept.
DARPA XS-1 Spaceplane concept
DARPA created its Experimental XS-1 Spaceplane program for more routine, responsive and affordable space operations. Watch the video…
DARPA’s VTOL X-Plane program
DARPA’s VTOL Experimental Plane (VTOL X-Plane) program seeks to enable radical improvements in vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) flight through innovative cross-pollination between the fixed-wing
The Future of Tilt-Rotor Drone
Aerial Reconfigurable Embedded System (ARES), a program developed by DARPA, demonstrate a modular transportation system built around a vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) flight module
First Folding Space Telescope
First Folding Space Telescope aims to “break the glass ceiling” of traditional designs. MOIRE program creates first-ever images using lightweight membrane optics, which could help
Boeing’s Phantom Swift X-Plane
Boeing Phantom Works engineers in Philadelphia designed and built a flying sub-scale model of the innovative Phantom Swift X-Plane, as a proposal for the Defense
CHIMP Human-Scale Rescue Robot
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University are working on a human-scale rescue robot, named the CHIMP Highly Intelligent Mobile Platform, that can take on both humanoid
AlphaDog- Man’s mechanical best friend
DARPA’s AlphaDog by manufacturer Boston Dynamics, could soon become a soldier’s best friend, autonomously following them across the battlefield and carrying their equipment. Watch the video
100-Year Starship project
Former President Bill Clinton adds his support to the 100-Year Starship initiative, a project started by DARPA the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, to
DARPA Captive Air Amphibious Transporters (video)
The Captive Air Amphibious Transporters (CAAT) has air-filled pontoons on a tank tread-like design, enabling them to carry containers over water and directly onto shore.
