With the rotor stopped, the blades are stowed in the sled test at Holloman. Credit: Bell Bell has completed sled tests of the stop/fold rotor concept for a high-speed vertical-takeoff-and-landing ...

The Bell X-22 was a ducted fan VTOL aircraft developed for the US military during the 1960s as part of a tri service ...

Bell showcased High-Speed Vertical Takeoff and Landing (HSVTOL) technology capabilities upon completion of testing efforts at Holloman Air Force Base. The team has utilized the Holloman’s High Speed ...

Buoyed by V-280 win, Bell presses ahead with high-speed VTOL concept. Bell’s proposed high-speed VTOL aircraft will hover and fly at more than 400 knots. (Rendering: Bell) ...

After the rotor stopped, the hub reconfigured to enable the blades to fold back. Credit: Bell More accustomed to testing ejection seats and penetrating warheads, the storied High-Speed Test Track at ...

Bell Helicopters' SPRINT design. Although SPRINT is designed to lift a 5,000 lb payload, the design could be scaled up to carry heavier cargo or personnel. (Bell Helicopters) The US Defense Advanced ...

The Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) selected Bell Textron to proceed with Phase 2 of its Speed and Runway Independent Technologies X-plane project, which involves a ...

There will come a time in the near future when aircraft will seem like nothing we presently have at our disposal. From stranger and stranger shapes to increasingly insane capabilities, aircraft of the ...

Rotorcraft manufacturer Bell has advanced to the build stage of a secretive high-speed vertical-lift X-plane competition for the US military. The company revealed on 9 July it has been selected for ...

It's currently in Phase 1B – the preliminary design stage, in which Aurora's fan-in-blended-wing design is competing against Bell's HSVTOL concept, which is more like a Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey ...