☰: Program
Location: USA
DARPA = Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
The DARPA is a research and development agency of the USA Department of Defense responsible for the development of emerging technologies for use by the military.
Site: https://www.darpa.mil/
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DARPA
List of research programs: https://www.darpa.mil/research/programs
Here is DARPA research programs referenced in this awesome-tech-designs list.
Program site: https://www.darpa.mil/research/programs/albatross
Main article: Albatross glider
Program site: https://www.darpa.mil/research/programs/liberty-lifter
Main article: Liberty Lifter
ANCILLARY = AdvaNced airCraft Infrastructure-Less Launch And RecoverY
Program site: https://www.darpa.mil/research/programs/advanced-aircraft-infrastructure-less-launch-and-recovery
SPRINT = Speed and Runway Independent Technologies
Program site: https://www.darpa.mil/research/programs/speed-runway-independent-technologies
CRANE = Control of Revolutionary Aircraft with Novel Effectors
Program site: https://www.darpa.mil/research/programs/control-of-revolutionary-aircraft-with-novel-effectors
ARES = Aerial Reconfigurable Embedded System
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerial_Reconfigurable_Embedded_System
DARPA officially cancelled ARES research at 2019-05, but Piasecki still develop this system.
Main article: ARES
ESA = European Space Agency
Site: https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Space_Engineering_Technology/About_ESA_technology_programmes
Location: USA
All NASA directorates: https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/
Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/armd/
Program site: https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/armd/iasp/epfd/
Collab site: https://spectrum.ieee.org/fly-the-hybrid-skies
Companies: Aurora Flight Sciences,GE Aerospace
Site: https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/armd/iasp/sfd/
Project: Boeing X-66
Reference: https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20140012638
Grants for BWB projects: