The X-76 is the latest in a long series of experimental X-planes developed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).

Planned to fly in 2028, the X-76 will explore technologies for fast-flying runway-independent aircraft with folding rotors, crewed and uncrewed.

DARPA has assigned the designation X-76 to the Speed and Runway Independent Technologies (SPRINT) project, a Bell proof-of-concept technology demonstrator for a high-speed tiltrotor. The DARPA ...

A crucial safety system that’s relied on to avoid potentially fatal collisions at major U.S. airports is aging and plagued by outages that have left travelers unprotected for months at a time. At some ...

Landing on the only FAA-registered ice runway in the continental U.S. has become a bucket-list item for pilots from all over the country. But its future may be melting away. Even as winters warm in ...

Pilot Paul Russo on the ice at the Alton Bay Seaplane Base and Ice Runway. Courtesy photo/Aviation Museum of New Hampshire LONDONDERRY — Pilot Paul Russo is an expert on a really cool subject, having ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Planes were landing and taking off from New Hampshire’s Lake Winnipesaukee in Alton on Sunday morning. The frozen lake turns into ...