DARPA's wild X-65 CRANE aircraft aims for 1st flight in summer 2025

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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.

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[Cdr. Shepard]

DARPA continues impress and to facilitate inspirational, innovative breakthrough tech. Radical concepts, even when they don't pan out, often lead to innovation downstream that would otherwise be unimagined. A lot of their projects inspired me to learn rocket science in the first place -- very good for STEM promotion and captivating inquisitive minds.