The Week in Technology, Nov. 20-24, 2023

Sprint X-plane concept

The Sprint X-plane concept combines Boeing’s expertise with blended wings with Aurora’s fan-in-wing VTOL experience.

Credit: Aurora Flight Sciences
Aurora Designs Fan-in-Wing High-Speed VTOL Boeing company Aurora Flight Sciences has unveiled a flying-wing design with embedded lift fans as its candidate for a DARPA program to build a high-speed vertical-takeoff-and-landing X-plane. Under DARPA’S Sprint program (Speed and Runway Independent...

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