The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has tapped Aurora Flight Sciences, a Boeing subsidiary, to start detailed design of an experimental aircraft that uses air bursts to maneuver. (Aurora ...

Active flow control effectors are mounted on the D-90’s outboard wing trailing edges. Credit: Illinois Institute of Technology Researchers at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) have flown a ...

It'll fly instead using Active Flow Control (AFC), using a series of nozzle arrays along the wings connected to a pressurized air system, capable of blowing controlled bursts of air that can directly ...

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 ...

The X-65 Active Flow Control demonstrator continues to make progress, with the fuselage now mated with its wing as the first flight remains planned for 2027. The assembly of the Active Flow Control ...

Boeing subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences has begun manufacturing a secretive new X-plane for the US military, designated the X-65. Aurora is under contract to develop the experimental jet aircraft for ...

The X-65 fuselage is densely packed with air compression, cooling and plumbing for the AFC system. Credit: DARPA Since the Wright brothers warped the wings of their Flyer, most aircraft have used ...

Boeing subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences has completed fuselage fabrication for the X-65, an experimental aircraft that replaces conventional control surfaces with embedded air-jet effectors using ...