,1,The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) are teaming up to field a new aircraft that can take-off and land vertically like a helicopter, but fly through the battlespace like a jet — taking a page right out of Marvel's Avengers' play book.
Unlike tilt-rotor platforms like V-22 Osprey, this render from Aurora Flight Sciences shows four internally-stowed lifting fans handling vertical landings and hover operations, with jets producing forward propulsion.
Let's talk about this program and the unique benefits of the Aurora Flight Sciences Blended-Wing-Body design proposal.
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Citations:
https://www.aurora.aero/2023/11/15/aurora-flight-sciences-to-design-high-speed-vertical-lift-x-plane/
https://www.darpa.mil/program/speed-and-runway-independent-technologies
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/vtol-lift-fan-tactical-transport-design-emerges-under-darpa-program
https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/3494520/daf-selects-jetzero-to-develop-blended-wing-body-aircraft-prototype/
https://www.airbus.com/en/newsroom/stories/2020-11-imagine-travelling-in-this-blended-wing-body-aircraf
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