Boeing Subsidiary Building Airplane with No Traditional Control Surfaces for U.S. Government
DARPA tapped Aurora Flight Sciences to build the X-65, a full-scale, experimental aircraft design without movable external flight controls.
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DARPA Works With Aurora Flight Sciences on Phase 2 of X-Plane Development
Planned test aircraft will replace moving control surfaces active flow system.
DARPA Announces Active Flow Control “Proposers Day”
When the Wright Brothers designed the original Flyer, a critical element to their success laid in the refinement of the flight controls they used—wing warping—to guide the craft through the air. The aerospace industry has evolved the way we physically control flight ever since. And much evolution has taken place under the guidance of DARPA, […]
