The X-plane, designated X-65, aims to demonstrate the benefits of active flow control at tactically relevant scale and flight conditions. Aurora Flight Sciences, a Boeing company, has begun ...

Two decades after demonstrating the promise of active flow control, DARPA has returned to the topic with the goal of flying an X-plane that can finally take the technology over the transition hurdle ...

DARPA has awarded Aurora Flight Sciences a phase 2 contract for its CRANE (Control of Revolutionary Aircraft with Novel Effectors) program, following wind tunnel testing of a small-scale X-plane that ...

DARPA wants to develop and fly a demonstrator aircraft that does not use external mechanical flight controls. Aurora plans to fly an X-Plane in 2025. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency ...

Pressurized-air active flow-control effectors are embedded in the upper surfaces of all the X-plane’s wing panels. Credit: Aurora Flight Sciences Boeing subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences has won a ...