Aurora Flight Sciences Back in November, we heard about Uber's plans to add flying-car-like air taxis to its existing transport system. At the time, it wasn't clear just what form those vehicles ...

Aurora Flight Sciences has been developing its LightningStrike XV-24A vertical take-off and landing craft, an autonomous military aircraft that is being funded by DARPA and the USAF.

(Aurora Flight Sciences Photo) Boeing says it has struck a deal to acquire Aurora Flight Sciences, a leader in the field of autonomous flight, to beef up its own capabilities on that frontier.

The X-plane demonstrator builds on Bell’s experience with tiltrotor aircraft, but with a new stop/fold rotor feature that ...

Liberty Lifter was intended to design and build a seaplane with the cargo capacity of a C-17 Globemaster, that could take off ...

Aurora Flight Sciences, a pioneer in experimental flying vehicles that became a Boeing subsidiary last year, says its solar-powered, high-altitude, long-endurance Odysseus drone will take on its ...

Aurora Flight Sciences, a subsidiary of aerospace giant Boeing, said Wednesday that it recently conducted the first test flight of its all-electric autonomous passenger air vehicle. The unpiloted ...

Aurora Flight Sciences, one of two teams vying to design and build a military seaplane with heavy-air-lift capability, has reconfigured the tail section of its Liberty Lifter design.

Aurora Flight Sciences, a pioneer in unmanned aircraft and autonomous flight, will invest more than $13.75 million to expand its operation in the City of Manassas. The company, which was acquired ...

Aurora Flight Sciences Aurora Notches More DARPA Funding for Its X-Plane Contender The DARPA program is looking for a candidate that can fly at speeds up to 450 knots, hover ‘in a stable manner ...

The VTOL X-Plane is an interesting military plane project led by DARPA who have just awarded the contract to Aurora Flight Sciences. The VTOL X-Plane has some interesting technology that DARPA and ...

DARPA Picks Aurora Flight Sciences For New X-Plane It will take off like a helicopter, fly like an airplane, and be the strangest thing in the skies. Zach Rosenberg. March 8, 2016.