DARPA has confirmed the first flight of its XRQ-73 hybrid-electric stealth drone at Edwards Air Force Base in April 2026.

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DARPA has confirmed the first flight of its XRQ-73 SHEPARD hybrid-electric unmanned aircraft, developed by Northrop Grumman and Scaled Composites, at Edwards Air Force Base in April 2026. The stealthy ...

Aurora Flight Sciences tweaked its original Liberty Lifter design to move floats to its wingtips and adjust its tail to better accommodate its aft cargo door. (Aurora Flight Sciences) The Defense ...

As we reported in our article about the new Chinese design, an ekranoplan uses the aerodynamic concept of ground effect to travel at high speeds just above the surface of water (or, less commonly, ...

Imagine Top Gun without pilots. Not exactly summer blockbuster material. But that is what the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has in mind for the future of the military. According to ...

Under the fancy name AdvaNced airCraft Infrastructure-Less Launch And RecoverY (ANCILLARY), the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) kickstarted back in 2023 the search for a special kind ...