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Pentagon-backed X-65 jet with 537 mph top speed moves closer to first flight
Aurora Flight Sciences has taken a major step forward in its experimental aircraft program, ...
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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 ...
The wind tunnel testing was carried out to validate the company’s Stop/Fold Jet Transition capability. Bell has completed wind tunnel testing of its X-plane model at the National Institute for ...
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NGAD X-planes explained: Test aircraft that shaped F-47 as China, Russia advance their designs
The U.S. Air Force’s F-47 program continues to attract attention for many reasons. One often overlooked aspect is its unusually rapid pace. Within months of awarding Boeing the contract for the crewed ...
The United States is set to deploy a cutting-edge fleet of next-generation warplanes. The newly unveiled X-Plane, officially designated as the X-76, boasts the ability to take off without a runway ...
The American space agency plans to have a supersonic aircraft called X-59 in the air sometime this year, with a major goal in mind. It's a momentous occasion for aviation, as the research aircraft may ...
After the U.S. Air Force selected the F-47, DARPA disclosed that Boeing and Lockheed Martin each built a demonstrator aircraft for NGAD, which first flew in 2019 and 2022. In another bit of ...
Planes that fly faster than the speed of sound create thunderous supersonic booms. But with NASA's X-59 plane, that could change. The space agency plans for the aircraft's first flight in 2025, an ...
Rocket-powered and shrouded in secrecy, X-planes helped pave the way for the US space programme: Now they have another mission – taking the boom out of supersonic travel. In 1973, the US government ...
What You Need to Know: The X-20 Dyna-Soar, developed by the U.S. Air Force and Boeing from 1959 to 1963, was designed to be a pioneering hypersonic space plane that... Summary and Key Points: The ...
NASA isn't just considering a futuristic plane on Mars. It's developing the future of your commercial planes, too. The space agency's Sustainable Flight Demonstrator project — intended to slash the ...
Aircraft in the X program conduct basic research in the air. The Bell X-1, which first reached supersonic speed, marked the ...
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