Farnborough 2022: BAE Systems’ ‘flap-free’ design helps CRANE take flight for DARPA
Scale model of the DARPA active flow control X-Plane. (Photo: Aurora Flight Sciences)
Wind tunnel tests have been completed of the active flow control effector for the future X-Plane in the DARPA Control of Revolutionary Aircraft with Novel Effectors (CRANE) programme.
BAE Systems has advanced a US military project that aims to design, build and flight test new and novel aircraft by successfully testing what the company calls ‘flap-free’ flight technology to improve performance by removing jointed surfaces.
This step helps set the stage for a potentially fundamentally new approach to developing combat air fleets.
BAE Systems announced on 14 July that it has completed high-speed wind tunnel testing in the UK of a 3D-printed titanium model of its active flow control effector model, in a key milestone in its work for the DARPA-run Control of Revolutionary Aircraft with Novel Effectors (CRANE)
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