Active flow control (AFC) encompasses a range of techniques designed to alter fluid flow characteristics in real time by introducing targeted actuation. Central to many of these methods are fluidic ...
The X-plane, designated X-65, aims to demonstrate the benefits of active flow control at tactically relevant scale and flight conditions. Aurora Flight Sciences, a Boeing company, has begun ...
Boeing’s X-65 experimental jet, developed under DARPA’s CRANE program, is approaching its first flight to demonstrate active flow control at speeds up to Mach 0.7. The 7,000-pound uncrewed aircraft ...
Emerging aviation technologies developer Aurora Flight Sciences is progressing with assembly of its prototype X-65 active flow control demonstrator. Aurora on 20 November shared an image of the X-65 ...
Active flow control effectors are mounted on the D-90’s outboard wing trailing edges. Credit: Illinois Institute of Technology Researchers at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) have flown a ...
Active flow control effectors have been integrated into the wingtip of a Pipistrel Virus for flight testing under the Facelift project. Credit: Cedrat Technologies French aerospace research agency ...