Aurora begins building full-scale active flow control X-Plane
The X-plane, designated X-65, aims to demonstrate the benefits of active flow control at tactically relevant scale and flight conditions.
Source: uasmagazine.com
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X-65 demonstrator construction begins, indicating a new era of flight
US DARPA has selected Aurora Flight Sciences to begin construction of the future X-65 demonstrator, an X-plane that uses active flow control.
Source: airforce-technology.com
DARPA and Aurora Flight Sciences Building Full Scale X-65 Plane With No Moving Control
DARPA has selected Aurora Flight Sciences to build a full-scale X-plane to demonstrate the viability of using active flow control (AFC) actuators for primary
Source: nextbigfuture.com
A Thousand Electric Vertical Takeoff & Landing Aircraft Designs
More than 1,000 electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft conceptual designs have been published.
Source: forbes.com
DARPA Taps 4 Companies to Design, Build High-Speed VTOL Aircraft
Aurora Flight Sciences, Bell Textron, Northrop Grumman and Piasecki Aircraft Corp. have begun designing prototypes of an experimental military aircraft capable of vertical take-off and landing under a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency initiative. DARPA expects one of the contractors to finish designing, prototyping, building and demonstrating the VTOL aircraft by spring of 2027 as part of the Speed and Runway Independent Technologies program.
Source: executivebiz.com