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DARPA's X-65 Active Flow Control Demonstrator is Taking Shape

Aurora Flight Sciences and DARPA are continuing the assembly of the X-65 CRANE demonstrator, targeting a first flight by 2027. Aurora Flight Sciences' (AFS) latest X-Plane, now designated the X-65, is ...
New Atlas

New system lets X-62A aircraft adjust flight control behavior in the air

The system can be reconfigured in real time while the X-plane is still in the air. The US Air Force's X-62A Variable In-flight Simulation Test Aircraft (VISTA) is one of the world's premiere flying ...
Nature

Aerodynamic Modeling and Flight Testing of Aircraft

Aerodynamic modelling and flight testing remain at the forefront of aircraft design and verification, providing the essential linkage between computational simulations and real-world performance.
Vintage Aviation News on MSN

Flight test files: Boeing B-52B – the high altitude launchpad of NASA

NASA's Boeing B-52B served as a launch platform for X-15, Pegasus and X-43 programs, supporting hypersonic and space research ...
SUAS News

Piasecki Aircraft Achieves Historic Milestone With First Flight of Aerial Reconfigurable Embedded System (ARES) Tilt-Duct VTOL Vehicle

In an aviation milestone, Piasecki Aircraft Corporation (PiAC) successfully conducted the first flight of its innovative proof of concept tilt-duct Aerial Reconfigurable Embedded System Demonstration ...
Morning Overview on MSN

Vertical Aerospace completes piloted 2-way transition flight in eVTOL test

On April 14, 2026, test pilot Simon Davies lifted a full-scale electric air taxi off the ground, tilted its rotors forward ...

Northrop Grumman tests mid-flight software switching in autonomy flight

Northrop Grumman’s Talon IQ tests modular autonomy software switching mid-flight, boosting open-architecture defense aviation ...
Business Wire

Cessna Citation CJ4 Gen3 Prototype Aircraft Takes Flight, Propelling the Program Into Advanced Testing

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Textron Aviation today announced that its Cessna Citation CJ4 Gen3 prototype aircraft took to the skies for the first time in early October. The announcement of this ...
Flightglobal

US Navy completes first test flight using carrier-based uncrewed control station

The US Navy (USN) has completed its first test flight using an uncrewed aircraft control station that will be installed on the service’s fleet of aircraft carriers. In a demonstration event on 7 ...
Aviation Week

Flight Control System Designs Get Smaller, More Powerful

Emerging electromechanical actuation technologies for flight control systems will support more electric architecture. Credit: Collins Aerospace With a new age of electrically driven advanced air ...
Gizmodo

Joby’s Flying Taxi Passes Biggest Test Yet as It Seeks FAA Approval

The six-rotor aircraft passed a cool milestone, but we’re still waiting to see if these sky Ubers ever actually lift off commercially. Reading time 2 minutes The aspiring air taxi company Joby ...
Aviation Today

Piasecki Aircraft Achieves Historic Milestone With First Flight of Aerial Reconfigurable Embedded System (ARES) Tilt-Duct VTOL Vehicle – Sept. 10

ESSINGTON, Pa., September 10, 2024 (Newswire.com) – In an aviation milestone, Piasecki Aircraft Corporation (PiAC) successfully conducted the first flight of its innovative proof of concept tilt-duct ...