Aurora & Boeing's Next X-Plane: A High-Speed Blended-Wing Stealth Transport That Won't Need A Runway
Aurora's X-Plane in development could prove revolutionary for Air Force logistics if the demonstrator proves successful.
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DARPA's high-speed VTOL X-plane passes ground effect testing
Boeing subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences is working on a high-speed VTOL military aircraft as part of DARPA's Speed & Runway ...
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New Renderings Unveiled for Aurora’s X-Plane Concept Featuring Fan-in-Wing Technology
Aurora Flight Sciences’ Fan-in-Wing technology development progresses: flight testing of the final design is targeted for ...
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Fan-in-wing powered X-plane set to change US military air combat capability
The company is designing an uncrewed X-plane demonstrator with a 45 feet wingspan and 1,000-pound payload capacity for the ...
Boeing will delay its 777X plane and cut 10% of workforce as it deals with a strike and 737 Max issues
In a memo to employees, Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg said the company was in a difficult position and taking steps toward ...
New Vision For Lift Fan Aircraft Family Grows From Special Operations X-Plane Program
Aurora Flight Sciences has released new renderings of an uncrewed fan-in-wing vertical take-off-and-landing capable ...
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‘Groundbreaking’ flights six-times faster than speed of sound one step closer as new engine unveiled
The company hopes that this engine, called the Venus Detonation Ramjet 2,000lb Thrust Engine, also known as ‘VDR2’, will ...
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The Week In Technology, Oct. 14-18, 2024
Graham leads Aviation Week's coverage of technology, focusing on engineering and technology across the aerospace industry, with a special focus on identifying technologies of strategic importance to ...
Low boom, high pollution? NASA readies for supersonic test flight.
Critics say the U.S. space agency is helping to revive an extravagant, fuel-guzzling mode of travel that will worsen the ...
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Aurora Shows Very High-Speed, Vertical Lift Concept Design
Aurora Flight Sciences on Oct. 8 unveiled new details of a notional operational variant of the fan-in-wing concept it is proposing for a high-speed, vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) X-Plane.