Aurora Flight Sciences CRANE X-Plane

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Technology demonstrator for (DARPA) Control of Revolutionary Aircraft with Novel Effectors (CRANE) X-Plane Demonstration Project with aim of incorporating Active Flow Control (AFC) as primary design feature and achieve speeds of up to Mach 0.7, also known as DARPA CRANE. In development.

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Lift type

Fixed wing

Construction

Factory-built

Control

Engine type

Application

Experimental

Design & construction

Primary structure

Composite

Wing

Composite

Landing gear

Retractable tricycle

Ice protection

None

Pressurisation

Unpressurised

Flight controls

Full FBW digital

Environmental control

None-unpressurised

Wing position

Low

Planform

Delta

Tail

Conventional

Composite wing (primary structure) Primary Composite fuselage (primary structure) Primary

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Type variants

Variant	Launch / first flight	Production end	Notes
Aurora Flight Sciences CRANE X-Plane	2019 /		Clean-sheet demonstrator aircraft, officially designated X-65.

Airframer

Aurora Flight Sciences, a Boeing Company

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