Aurora Flight Sciences and DARPA hope to see the X-65 drone fly next year after suffering delays and cost growth.

In this explanation video you'll learn how an aircraft is controlled with the help of great graphics, you'll understand the role of the control surfaces, primary and secondary. This is a really ...

The X-65 Active Flow Control demonstrator continues to make progress, with the fuselage now mated with its wing as the first ...

DARPA's CRANE program aims to revolutionize aircraft design by developing planes without traditional external control surfaces like flaps or rudders. Aurora Flight Sciences is building the X-65 ...

One doesn't have to be an aviator to understand how an aircraft works. In simplistic terms, engines push it through the air, the wings provide lift, and various control surfaces like stabilizers, ...

DARPA has awarded Aurora Flight Sciences a phase 2 contract for its CRANE (Control of Revolutionary Aircraft with Novel Effectors) program, following wind tunnel testing of a small-scale X-plane that ...

Secondary aircraft control surfaces (e.g., trim tabs, flaps, spoilers, and slats) augment primary controls to enhance performance across flight regimes, improve pilot comfort, and manage lift and drag ...

This year the world will be celebrating 120 years since the historic first flight of Orville and Wilbur Wright, an event which marked the start of humanity’s expansion into the skies (and later into ...

Joby Aviation and GKN Aerospace have signed a multi-year agreement to supply the air taxi developer with thermoplastic flight control surfaces. “We are very excited to be joining forces with GKN ...

Allied Market Research published a report titled "Aerostructures Market by Component (Wings, Fuselage, Empennage, Control Surfaces, and Others), Material (Metals, Composites, and Alloys), and Aircraft ...