Important Innovations Collection

D A ILY INNOVATION BRIEF   By Journalists Edward  Kane & Marya nne Kane DARPA'S REVOLUTIONARY NEW PLANE                                                       Source:  DARPA DARPA, the US Defense Department's Advanced Research Projects Agency, is developing a plane unlike any other in aviation history.  It uses Active Flow Control (AFC), which is virtual control surfaces made from air.  Here are the facts: This is an aviation first Since the Wright Brothers, every aircraft has used moving control surfaces to change the plane's shape during flight and alter its aerodynamics DARPA's CRANE, or Control of Revolutionary Aircraft with Novel Effectors, uses bursts of compressed air, instead of exterior control surfaces, to control's the plane's yaw, fetch and roll Why:  DARPA wants to cut the p...