Active Flow Control ‘Feasible’ For UCAV Flight

Credit: BAE Systems
A NATO study of active flow control (AFC) for tailless unmanned combat air vehicles (UCAV) has concluded the technology is “feasible and reasonable” for flight control, at least for the ingress phase of a strike mission, when fluidic control could increase stealth. NATO Task Group AVT-239 completed...

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