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DARPA's X-65 active flow control demonstrator is taking shape

Aurora Flight Sciences and DARPA are continuing the assembly of the X-65 CRANE demonstrator, targeting a first flight by 2027 ...
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Pentagon-backed X-65 jet with 537 mph top speed moves closer to first flight

Aurora Flight Sciences has taken a major step forward in its experimental aircraft program, ...
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Boeing’s X-65 jet demonstrator nears 1st flight, targeting 537 mph

Boeing’s X-65 experimental aircraft, designed under DARPA’s Control of Revolutionary Aircraft with Novel Effectors program, ...
The National Interest

Did DARPA Choose the Wrong VTOL Demonstrator for Its “SPRINT” Project?

The advances of Aurora’s demonstrator ensure that the company’s fan-in-wing VTOL experiments will extend well beyond DARPA’s SPRINT. Aurora Flight Sciences, a Boeing subsidiary, is poised to redefine ...
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DARPA designates X-76 experimental aircraft after successful CDR

The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) officially designated the experimental aircraft designed for its ...
Opinion

Forget drones – the US Army just took delivery of a self-flying Black Hawk helicopter

The US Army just took receipt of what may be the coolest unmanned drone ever flown by the military: A full-sized Black Hawk helicopter. The optionally piloted vehicle (OPV) Black ...
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DARPA Seeks To Reverse Design Paradigm For Air-To-Air Missiles

DARPA Seeks To Reverse Design Paradigm For Air-To-Air Missiles is published in Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, an Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) Market Briefing and is included with your ...