The Pentagon has started funding for a new program called SPRINT, which aims to produce a next-generation high-speed vertical takeoff X-plane resembling the V-22 Osprey.
Four commercial businesses have received funding from the US military's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to construct a next-generation aircraft that resembles the V-22 Osprey.
Because of its unique capacity to take off and land vertically, much like a helicopter, the Osprey has found widespread use and can operate in locations lacking runways. The goal of DARPA's SPRINT (Speed and Runway Independent Technologies) program is to create a similar aircraft that can travel at even higher speeds.
“What we ... want to be able to achieve is higher-end speeds,” said Navy Commander Ian Higgins to a US media outlet. “We’re going another 100-plus knots beyond [the Osprey], which itself challenges physics if you were just to use the propulsion system that’s in the Osprey.”
The maximum speed of t...
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