DARPA

Lift Challenge offers $6.5 million in prizes to teams that can achieve a payload-to-weight ratio greater than 1:1.

The $6 million in government funding will go toward installing a flight autonomy system in an experimental U.S. Army UH-60M helicopter.

The DARPA program is looking for a candidate that can fly at speeds up to 450 knots, hover ‘in a stable manner’ and transition to forward flight.

The X-62A VISTA, a modified F-16 testbed aircraft, is helping the Air Force explore artificial intelligence applications in combat aircraft.

The agency says successful AI dogfighting trials could support the use of autonomous systems in other complex scenarios.

Ride along on a Microsoft Flight Simulator journey through history in the world’s first top-secret stealth aircraft.

The company is one of two vying for DARPA’s X-Plane large transport seaplane to carry troops and heavy equipment.

DARPA tapped Aurora Flight Sciences to build the X-65, a full-scale, experimental aircraft design without movable external flight controls.

The manufacturer is developing what it claims will be the first zero-emissions, hydrogen-powered compound helicopter on the market.

The Lockheed Martin-owned helicopter manufacturer will allow Rain to install autonomous systems on board its optionally piloted Black Hawk.