Bell Textron has won DARPA's contest for a no-runway, high-speed drone that will prove out technologies useful for special operations forces and possibly the Air Force's Agile Combat Employment concept. Bell's design converts a tiltrotor to a jet-powered aircraft able to fly at up to 450 knots.
Gen. David Goldfein speaks about the state of the Air Force on Sept. 18, 2018, at the Air Force Association's Air, Space & Cyber Conference at the Gaylord National Convention Center, National Harbor, Maryland. (Photo by Mike Tsukamoto, Air Force Magazine)
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