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  2. Aurora X-65 CRANE - Wikipedia

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    Aurora Flight Sciences embarked on the development of an experimental X-plane, as part of the DARPA's CRANE programme, in November 2020. Wind tunnel testing was also conducted in San Diego, California, in May 2022. DARPA allocated funds for the detailed engineering design of a full-scale X-plane in December 2022.

  3. Aurora Flight Sciences - Wikipedia

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    Aurora Flight Sciences (AFS) ... The Aurora XV-24 LightningStrike was the selected proposal for the VTOL X-Plane program, cancelled in April 2018. Other products

  4. Aurora XV-24 LightningStrike - Wikipedia

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    On 3 March 2016, DARPA awarded Aurora Flight Sciences $89.4 million to build and demonstrate their LightningStrike concept, beating out the other three competitors. Phase II of the VTOL X-Plane project will fabricate two air vehicles before flight testing, planned by September 2018.

  5. VTOL X-Plane - Wikipedia

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    On 18 March 2014, DARPA announced that Sikorsky, Aurora Flight Sciences, Boeing, and Karem Aircraft had been selected to compete for the VTOL X-plane. The four companies have based their designs on unmanned aircraft and will compete over the next 20 months.

  6. Liberty Lifter - Wikipedia

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    The other participant was Boeing subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences, partnering with Leidos subsidiary Gibbs & Cox and with Oregon shipyard ReconCraft. Their design was a monohull with a high-wing, primarily relying on eight turbine engines; this was similar to Boeing prior Pelican proposal for the military. [7] [8] [9]

  7. Lockheed Martin X-55 - Wikipedia

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    There are no plans to place the X-55 into production. Lockheed Martin's design for Advanced Composite Cargo Aircraft (ACCA) was chosen over Aurora Flight Sciences' design based on the Antonov An-72 in 2007. [1] The aircraft is powered by two Pratt & Whitney Canada PW306B turbofans. [2] The X-55 design is based on the existing Fairchild Dornier ...

  8. Newly betrothed see northern lights on flight home after ...

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    The easyJet flight made the 360-degree turn to allow its passengers to watch an “amazing display” of the northern lights as it flew over the northern tip of the UK.

  9. Boeing Passenger Air Vehicle - Wikipedia

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    Boeing subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences designed an electric VTOL prototype, developing it to prototype by 2019. [1] First, a model 1:10 was used to test the concept; it was flown with and without a fuselage. Further flight tests, with a 1:4 scale concept aircraft, were also conducted by Aurora. [2]