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Bizarre Flapless X-65 Diamond-Wing Aircraft Comes Together

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DARPA's X-65, that replaces conventional aircraft flight controls with puffs of air, is coming together at Boeing subsidiary Aurora’s Bridgeport, West Virginia facility. The fuselage is taking shape and awaits its radical wing design.Continue ReadingCategory: Aircraft, TransportTags: DARPA, X-Plane, Flight

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Images of “the future aircraft” without flakes or crates, of diamond-shaped aripe

Plane control rethought: The experimental aircraft X-65 of the Darpa completely dispenses with mechanical flaps and instead relies on targeted air traffic. But the ambitious project has so far been wrestling with obstacles and massive delays (Read more)

With a lot of delay, the construction of the Darpa X-65 demonstrator has actually begun. The aircraft, which is free of moving rudders and manoeuvres via air jets, is expected to make its first flight at the end of 2027.

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New Atlas broke the news in on Tuesday, November 25, 2025.
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