Established in 1958, The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency or DARPA is an agency of the U.S. Department of Defense responsible for the development of emerging technologies for use by the military.
09-Mar-26 - Bell has completed the Critical Design Review for DARPA’s SPRINT program, designated the X-76, advancing development of a high-speed aircraft capable of operating without traditional runways. #X76
30-Oct-25 - During Exercise Northern Strike 25-2, a U.S. soldier for the first time planned and executed a logistics mission using Sikorsky’s Optionally Piloted Vehicle (OPV) Black Hawk helicopter powered by MATRIX™ technology. #OPV
13-Dec-24 - Under the Phase 1 Aerial Logistics Connector agreement with the US Naval Air Systems Command, Sikorsky will demonstrate its Optionally Piloted Vehicle (OPV) UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, equipped with the MATRIX flight autonomy system, to the US Marine Corps in 2025 #drones
05-Dec-24 - Bell completes wind tunnel testing at the National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR, Wichita University) to validate new stop/fold jet transition capability for the DARPA Speed and Runway Independent Technology (SPRINT) program #NIAR
14-Oct-24 - The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded Lockheed-Martin a $6M contract to install its ALIAS/MATRIX flight autonomy system onto the US Army’s experimental fly-by-wire UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter #MX
28-May-24 - Bell and its High-Speed Vertical Take-Off and Landing (HSVTOL) technology awarded funding for Phase 1B of DARPA Speed and Runway Independent Technologies (SPRINT) X-Plane Program #SPRINT
24-May-24 - Sikorsky Innovations is flight testing a rotor blown wing tail sitter vertical take-off and landing aircraft (VTOL) unmanned aircraft system (UAS) for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) #drones
04-Nov-22 - Sikorsky and DARPA’s Autonomous Black Hawk helicopter completed uninhabited flight lifting external cargo and flying casualty evacuation and medical resupply missions #drones
22-Aug-22 - NASA Tests Advanced Air Mobility Automation Concepts with Sikorsky and DARPA
NASA in partnership with DARPA in advanced air mobility national campaign research with the Sikorsky SARA flight test helicopter in Stratford, CT #automation
09-Feb-22 - The Sikorsky Optionally Piloted Vehicle (OPV) JUH-60A Black Hawk helicopter demonstrator completed first uninhabited and autonomous flight with DARPA’s ALIAS (Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System) #drones
