To be successful, the X-44 would have required extremely reliable flight controls without the redundant backup afforded by traditional flight control surfaces.

DARPA has awarded Aurora Flight Sciences a phase 2 contract for its CRANE (Control of Revolutionary Aircraft with Novel Effectors) program, following wind tunnel testing of a small-scale X-plane ...

Aurora Flight Sciences will start the detailed design of the novel, high-performance aircraft as it powers towards an X-plane demonstration flight.

Accident investigators will likely focus on why the aircraft’s landing gear was still down and whether its flaps, which are movable flight-control surfaces on the back of the wings, were ...

A pair of sonar sensors help the flight controller maintain constant height above the water. The wings are completely 3D printed, with integrated hinges for flight control surfaces slots for ...

Boeing Subsidiary Building Airplane with No Traditional Control Surfaces for U.S. Government DARPA tapped Aurora Flight Sciences to build the X-65, a full-scale, experimental aircraft design ...

Reliable Robotics Demos Automated Flight System in FAA Trials The company flew its continuous autopilot system aboard a modified Cessna 208 Caravan, including in simulated Class B airspace.

BAE Systems has been selected by Boeing to upgrade the fly-by-wire (FBW) flight control computers (FCC) for the F-15EX Eagle II and F/A-18E/F Super Hornet fighter aircraft. The FCCs feature common ...

The U.S. Navy has awarded Boeing (NYSE: BA) a potential $211.9 million delivery order under a basic ordering agreement to repair flight control surfaces on F/A-18 E/F and EA-18G fighter aircraft ...

AFC utilizes bursts of air rather than moving flight control surfaces on the exterior of the wings and tail to control its flight.

Boeing recently received a potential $211.9 million delivery order to repair flight control surfaces used on the Navy’s fighter jet fleets.

The flight control computer and actuators have lost considerable weight for the Compact Fly-By-Wire system, which Barker attributes to the use of smaller, less power-hungry electronics.