AIRCRAFT PROGRAM

Aurora Flight Sciences CRANE X-Plane

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Lift type	Fixed wing
Construction type	Factory-built
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Application	Experimental
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Technology demonstrator for (DARPA) Control of Revolutionary Aircraft with Novel Effectors (CRANE) X-Plane Demonstration Project with aim of incorporating Active Flow Control (AFC) as primary design feature and achieve speeds of up to Mach 0.7, also known as DARPA CRANE. In development.

Type variants

Variant	Launch/First flight	Production end
Aurora Flight Sciences CRANE X-Plane	2019 /		Clean-sheet demonstrator aircraft, officially designated X-65.

Airframer

Aurora Flight Sciences, a Boeing Company

News

Other aircraft programs: Aurora Flight Sciences Orion MAGIC, Boeing PAV, Aurora Flight Sciences Odysseus, Aurora SKIRON-X, Aurora Flight Sciences SPRINT X-Plane

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