Aurora Flight Sciences, a Boeing Company, aims to develop an experimental plane under a new Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) contract. The X-plane seeks to demonstrate the advanced capabilities of Active Flow Control (AFC) as a primary design consideration.
Through DARPA's Control of Revolutionary Aircraft with Novel Effectors (CRANE) program, Aurora is under contract for Phase 0 in partnership with Boeing and the University of Arizona. The team will develop tools and technology for incorporating AFC in the early stages of aircraft design to later demonstrate in a custom X-plane.
During Phase 0, Aurora will study AFC-enabled designs across multiple mission domains for one year to identify an X-plane demonstrator concept. Phase 1 will follow with preliminary design of an X-plane demonstrator.
“This team builds upon decades of AFC research and prototyping, including flight tests of full-scale implementations,” said Per Beith, Aurora President and CEO. “Together with DARPA, we can enable fundamentally new approaches to aircraft design and look forward to exploring game-changing configurations.”
Contact details from our directory: | |
Aurora Flight Sciences, a Boeing Company | Airframer |
DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Airframer, Research/Consulting Services, Technical/Eng/Scientific Studies |
Boeing Company |
Related directory sectors: |
Technical Consultants |
Design |
Weekly news by email:
See the latest Bulletin, and sign up free‑of‑charge for future editions.
Bell Mexico delivers 800th commercial aircraft cabin
Chile's ENAER expands cooperation with Embraer
Eve names KAI as supplier for eVTOL pylons