November 28, 2007 In a landmark demonstration, Boeing and the U.S. Air Force have used "active flow control" technology to deploy munitions from a weapons bay at twice the speed of sound.

“Aurora’s X-plane candidate uses active flow control (AFC) for multiple effects, including flight control at tactical speeds and performance enhancement across the flight envelope,” says the ...

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 ...

But DARPA hopes the active flow control concept, if successful, could prompt a major rethinking of how planes are built and maneuver. Active flow control technology would use small bursts of air ...

DARPA's latest X-plane project uses active flow control instead of moveable control surfaces. [Courtesy: DARPA] The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) said it chose Aurora ...

The BAE Systems MAGMA UAV demonstrated maneuvering flight through the use of flow control earlier this year in Wales. BAE Systems When the Wright Brothers designed the original Flyer, a critical ...

The active flow control is implemented using a patent-pending Coanda valve designed by Williams and his students, and this was their first chance to show the design's success on an aircraft.

DARPA first started the program in 2019, with a request for proposals to “design, build, and flight test a new and novel aircraft that incorporates Active Flow Control (AFC) technologies as a ...

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With Active Aerodynamics, ... “We have been interested in ‘active’ flow control for automotive applications for some time, primarily passenger cars and large trucks,” Garry says.