DARPA and Aurora Flight Sciences have begun building the first full-scale X-65 aircraft to demonstrate a new method of flight control that uses no external moving parts. The X-65 is an experimental ...

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is poised to launch its futuristic X-65 aircraft in 2025, ushering in a new era of flight control technology. Spearheaded by DARPA's Control of ...

The U.S. military could soon have new uncrewed aircraft that carry weapons and take off and land vertically. The vehicles could undergo test flights as early as 2026. The Defense Advanced Research ...

Lightweight fighter aircraft with no pilots could support conventional military missions while being easier to launch and recover. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

DARPA has awarded a contract to Aurora Flight Sciences to build a full-scale aircraft called the X-65. It will test a new technology that replaces moving control surfaces with Active Flow Control (AFC ...

DARPA has revealed a new project that seeks to invent a system that can build useful structures from scrap materials on forward bases that have been cut off by an enemy from being resupplied. The ...

If all goes well, the Pentagon this week will test an unmanned aircraft that, in theory, can travel at speeds upwards of 13,000 miles per hour and send a missile to strike an identified target within ...

DARPA will launch the second flight test of an unmanned hypersonic glider Thursday (Aug. 11) to test technologies needed for a new global strike bomber concept designed to fly 20 times the speed of ...

It may sound like something out of a James Bond movie, but the U.S. military‘s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is putting out the call for researchers to come up with a design for a ...

The aviation industry is going through some truly major changes. And, at least this time, I'm not referring to the strides made in the field of means of propulsion, but specifically to the changes in ...

Darpa has launched a project to mature flow control technologies to a level where they can be designed into next-generation aircraft to eliminate the need for moving control surfaces. This could ...

Even with unmatched naval power, the U.S. still faces limits when it comes to launching surveillance aircraft from smaller ...