Aviation International News reports, “The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) says its experimental uncrewed X-65 has moved a step closer to its first flight, with its wings manufactured and ready to be assembled with the fuselage. On June 23, project partner Aurora Flight Sciences it has received the first wing set and has started integrating this with the rest of the aircraft.”
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DARPA X-plane Steered by Air Bursts to Make First Flight in 2027
Defense News reports, “An experimental DARPA plane that would steer using bursts of air is expected to have its first flight in late 2027, more than two years later than originally planned, after the program was paused and restructured. The unmanned X-65, being built by Boeing subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences as part of a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program, is designed to test a concept called ‘active flow control’ to steer an aircraft.”
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