“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 ...

That will be the result, if CRANE delivers on its mission. BAE Systems reported earlier this year that it had successfully flown a UAV using flow control in Wales—so the race has already begun.

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. The MK ...

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 ...

Aurora plans to fly an X-plane for DARPA in 2025 that will fly solely by using active flow control instead of mechanical control surfaces.

Active Flow Control (AFC): Techniques that apply external actuation to modify flow dynamics, thereby enhancing performance parameters such as drag reduction, lift improvement, or heat transfer ...

The project, which DARPA calls CRANE, for Control of Revolutionary Aircraft with Novel Effectors, is aimed at using active flow control, or AFC, to generate the control forces necessary for ...

The X-65 is being designed around a concept called “active flow control” (AFC), which eliminates use of traditional moving control surfaces to manoeuvre an aircraft.

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.

Could Active Flow Control Reshape Aircraft Of The Future? Graham Warwick July 03, 2020 Credit: Lockheed Martin, TU Delft ...