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DARPA building an aircraft that hovers like a helicopter but flies like a plane

New Delhi: The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency of the United States is on its way to bring a new X-Plane that combines the high-speed characteristics of fixed-wing aircraft with the hover capability of helicopters.This

Sikorsky and Aurora Flight Sciences have each won contracts from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to build a new X-Plane.

Under DARPA's Phase 1 contracts, these companies - and up to two more still unannounced bidders - will spend the next 22 months developing a preliminary design for a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft dubbed the VTOL X-Plane.

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