Aurora Starts Building CRANE X-Plane For Flow Control Tests

Credit: DARPA
DARPA has decided to move forward with a new X-plane designed by Aurora Flight Sciences to demonstrate how to use active flow control (AFC) technology as the primary flight control system. Aurora received a $41.4 million contract on Dec. 18 to exercise option 1 of the Control of Revolutionary...
Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington DC.

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