Bell has developed high-speed vertical lift technology for more than 85 years, pioneering innovative VTOL configurations like the X-14, X-22, XV-3 and XV-15 for NASA, the U.S. Army and U.S. Air ...

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 ...

According to Bell, when the technology demonstrator craft is complete, it will be a pilot-optional aircraft expected to cruise at high subsonic speeds of up to 450 knots (518 mph, 833 km/h) with a ...

Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, has been down-selected for Phase 2 of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Speed and Runway Independent Technologies (SPRINT) ...

The first X aircraft was built in 1945 by Bell in partnership with the U.S. Army Air Forces (later named the Air Force) and NACA (which became NASA). The Bell X-1 was the first aircraft to break ...