DARPA and Aurora Flight Sciences Collaborate on X-65 and NASA Unveils X-59 Supersonic Aircraft with Questions Raised About Its Cost and Effectiveness

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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and Aurora Flight Sciences have joined forces to build the X-65 aircraft as part of DARPA's Control of Revolutionary Aircraft with Novel Effectors (CRANE) program. Aurora Flight Sciences, a subsidiary of Boeing, has won the DARPA contract for the X-65 demonstrator, which aims to revolutionize aircraft design by incorporating active flow control (AFC) actuators for primary flight control. The X-65 will feature AFC effectors on various surfaces to control roll, pitch, and yaw, reducing weight and complexity while improving performance.

The X-65 prototype, scheduled to be unveiled early next year, will be equipped with both traditional control surfaces and new AFC actuators. This innovative design will allow the aircraft to use pressurize...

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