Aurora Flight Sciences' uncrewed, blended-wing design for an experimental vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft will move into the next design phase after a DARPA contract award. More companies could ...

The new concept is being developed for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Speed and Runway Independent Technologies (SPRINT) program. The main aim of SPRINT is to create an X-plane that ...

The Mk-II Aurora suborbital spaceplane took to the skies last year for its maiden flight with a rocket engine. Now Dawn Aerospace has been give the official nod from New Zealand's Civil Aviation ...

ŌTAUTAHI CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dawn Aerospace today announced that its Aurora spaceplane is now available for purchase, with first deliveries expected in 2027. This marks a ...

Wind tunnel tests focused on low-speed handling of Aurora fan-in-wing blended wing body VTOL configuration. Credit: Aurora Flight Sciences Aurora Flight Sciences has completed low-speed wind tunnel ...

Humanity has always strived to go a lot faster than biology allows, and to meet that goal it developed all sorts of machines for air, land, and sea. But, because most things are not created equal, not ...

From the legendary SR-71 Blackbird’s rumored successor to whispers of the elusive Aurora and TR-3B, these aircraft have sparked decades of speculation. Some were proven prototypes, while others exist ...