Magma UAV Flies With Blown-Air Only Control

Credit: BAE Systems
BAE Systems says it has successfully maneuvered the Magma unmanned aerial vehicle developed in conjunction with academia solely by using wing circulation control and fluidic thrust vectoring technologies. Magma’s control system used supersonically blown air to control the platform, eliminating the...

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