Established in 1958, The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency or DARPA is an agency of the U.S. Department of Defense responsible for the development of emerging technologies for use by the military.
28-May-24 - Bell and its High-Speed Vertical Take-Off and Landing (HSVTOL) technology awarded funding for Phase 1B of DARPA Speed and Runway Independent Technologies (SPRINT) X-Plane Program #SPRINT
24-May-24 - Sikorsky Innovations is flight testing a rotor blown wing tail sitter vertical take-off and landing aircraft (VTOL) unmanned aircraft system (UAS) for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) #drones
04-Nov-22 - Sikorsky and DARPA’s Autonomous Black Hawk helicopter completed uninhabited flight lifting external cargo and flying casualty evacuation and medical resupply missions #drones
22-Aug-22 - NASA Tests Advanced Air Mobility Automation Concepts with Sikorsky and DARPA
NASA in partnership with DARPA in advanced air mobility national campaign research with the Sikorsky SARA flight test helicopter in Stratford, CT #automation
09-Feb-22 - The Sikorsky Optionally Piloted Vehicle (OPV) JUH-60A Black Hawk helicopter demonstrator completed first uninhabited and autonomous flight with DARPA’s ALIAS (Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System) #drones
10-Jul-19 - Skyworks Global and Scaled Composites (Scaled) announced partnership to build prototype of the VertiJet, an aircraft based on the 1950s Fairey Rotodyne incorporating techs developed by the GBA/DARPA Heliplane program #Vertijet
30-Oct-18 - The Sikorsky/DARPA SARA (Sikorsky Autonomy Research Aircraft, a modified S-76) optionally-piloted helicopter was at Fort Eustis in a first-of-its-kind demonstration to the US Army #Autonomy
11-Jan-17 - Sikorsky won the contract for Phase 3 of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency s (DARPA) Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System (ALIAS) program to increase Aircraft Autonomy.
23-Dec-16 - DARPA’s Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System (ALIAS) program Phase 2 completed flight tests with a Cessna 208 Caravan fixed-wing aircraft and the Sikorsky S-76 MATRIX helicopter
31-May-16 - Sikorsky demonstrated a 30-mile autonomous flight with a S-76 to complete Phase 1 of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) s Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System (ALIAS) program
