Aurora To Design DARPA’s Active Flow-Control X-Plane

Pressurized-air active flow-control effectors are embedded in the upper surfaces of all the X-plane’s wing panels.

Credit: Aurora Flight Sciences
Boeing subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences has won a potential $42.2 million DARPA contract to build and fly an X-plane to demonstrate the benefits of designing an aircraft enabled by active flow control. Aurora has been selected for Phases 2 and 3 of the Control of Revolutionary Aircraft with Novel...
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