The Bell X-1, a miracle of form and function. Photo-illustration by Cade Martin It was arguably the most important flight since Kitty Hawk, and the plane was a perfection of form and function. Thirty ...

Bell has been selected as one of two companies for Phase 1B of DARPA's Speed and Runway Independent Technologies (SPRINT) X-Plane program to create a prototype High-Speed Vertical Takeoff and Landing ...

DARPA has assigned the designation X-76 to the Speed and Runway Independent Technologies (SPRINT) project, a Bell proof-of-concept technology demonstrator for a high-speed tiltrotor. The DARPA ...

Bell's revolutionary X-plane rotorcraft has received the green light to progress to the building and testing of a demonstrator aircraft. DARPA has down-selected the craft to move to Phase 2 of the ...

The X-1’s fuselage was designed to resemble a .50 caliber bullet—one of the only shapes known to have stable flight at supersonic speeds. Six of the US Air Force’s most iconic aircraft were featured ...

Artist’s concept of the Bell X-Plane. Source | Bell Textron Inc. Bell Textron Inc. (Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.), a Textron Inc. company, has been down-selected for Phase 2 of the Defense Advanced ...

The Bell X-14 was a unique experimental VTOL jet, differing from typical "X-planes" with its modest speed, agricultural aesthetic, and use of second-hand parts, yet it successfully achieved vertical ...

Bell’s proposal for the Speed and Runway Independent Technologies project involves a tiltrotor-like aircraft, with the addition of a third, jet-powered flight mode in addition to the rotor-driven ...

The X-1’s fuselage was designed to resemble a .50 caliber bullet—one of the only shapes known to have stable flight at supersonic speeds. The Bell X-1 hangs today from the ceiling of the National Air ...