Amazing DARPA experimental aircraft
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is a research and development agency of the United States Department of Defense responsible for the development of emerging technologies for use by the military.
The X-planes are a series of experimental United States aircraft and rockets, used to test and evaluate new technologies and aerodynamic concepts. They have an X designator within the US system of aircraft designations, which denotes the experimental research mission.
Not all US experimental aircraft have been designated as X-planes; some received US Navy designations before 1962, while others have been known only by manufacturers' designations, non-'X'-series designations, or classified codenames. This list only includes the designated X-planes.
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| Formed | February 7, 1958; 65 years ago (as ARPA) |
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| Jurisdiction | Federal government of the United States |
| Headquarters | Arlington County, Virginia, U.S. |
| Employees | 220 |
| Annual budget | $3.868 billion (FY2022) |
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| Parent department | United States Department of Defense |
| Website | www |
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Brigadier General Charles Elwood Yeager (/ˈjeɪɡər/ YAY-gər, February 13, 1923 – December 7, 2020) was a United States Air Force officer, flying ace, and record-setting test pilot who in October 1947 became the first pilot in history confirmed to have exceeded the speed of sound in level flight.
X-planes are a series of experimental aircraft.
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A groundbreaking aircraft being designed for the DARPA now has the X-65
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