Aurora Flight Sciences’ Fan-in-Wing technology development progresses: flight testing of the final design is targeted for 2027. Aurora Flight Sciences, a subsidiary of Boeing, has just unveiled new renderings showcasing its new X-plane concept supporting airborne logistics and personnel recovery operations...
The prototype of Manta Ray during the test campaign. (Image credit: Northrop Grumman) The video shows the prototype during in-water testing, performing some diving and resurfacing maneuvers as part of the submerged operations’ testing. After the first photos released last month,...
An image of the Manta Ray during in-water testing off the coast of Southern California. This image shows, for the first time, the rear section of the UUV partly submerged (Northrop Grumman) We get a closer look a the Northrop Grumman...
The X-62 Variable In-Flight Stability Test Aircraft (VISTA) flies in the skies over Edwards Air Force Base, California, March 23, 2023. (Air Force photo by Ethan Wagner) While safety pilots were onboard at all times, the AI agent successfully demonstrated it...
An artist’s interpretation of a hypersonic vehicle and a rotating combustion chamber design. (Images: GE Aerospace and USAF/AFRL, edited by The Aviationist) The Hypersonic Dual-Mode Ramjet test, believed to be the first of its kind, exploited rotating detonation combustion technology. General...
The design proposed by Aurora Flight Sciences for the Liberty Lifter program. (Image: Aurora Flight Sciences) The new X-plane will be a large flying boat similar in size and capacity to the C-17. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is working...
The X-62A Variable Stability In-Flight Simulator Test Aircraft, or VISTA, flies over Palmdale, Calif., Aug. 26, 2022. A joint Department of Defense team executed 12 artificial intelligence, or AI, flight tests in which AI agents piloted the X-62A VISTA to perform...
Artist’s concept of the Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapons Concept (HAWC) vehicle after booster separation. (Image: Lockheed Martin) The data acquired will be used for the More Opportunities HAWC program and other hypersonic technologies. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) recently announced...
