One doesn't have to be an aviator to understand how an aircraft works. In simplistic terms, engines push it through the air, the wings provide lift, and various control surfaces like stabilizers, ...
The Aviationist on MSN
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 ...
Effectively, it's designed to create virtual control surfaces out of compressed air. A similar AFC program underway at NATO's Science and Technology Organization had small-scale models flying some ...
Navy Media on MSN
Life inside the wing of a B-2 stealth bomber: The secret world
When the B-2 Spirit glides silently through the night sky, it looks more like an alien spacecraft than a conventional aircraft. But here’s what makes it truly extraordinary: this $2.1 billion marvel ...
Looking a little bit too much like an F-117 Night Hawk fighter on steroids Boeing’s blended wing unmanned test aircraft flew for the first time last week. Designed and engineered by Boeing, NASA and ...
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