An experimental X-plane, designated X-65, aims to demonstrate the benefits of active flow control at full scale and in tactically relevant flight conditions.
Two teams, General Atomics working with Maritime Applied Physics Corporation, and Aurora Flight Sciences working with Gibbs & Cox and ReconCraft, will develop designs for DARPA’s Liberty Lifter Seaplane Wing-in-Ground Effect full-scale demonstrator.
Aurora Flight Sciences has been awarded a contract from NASA to perform a comprehensive evaluation of the Single-aisle Turboelectric Aircraft with Aft Boundary Layer propulsion (STARC-ABL) aircraft concept.