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Latest Aurora & SkyGrid Advance Airspace Management Solutions for UAVs Aurora Flight Sciences and SkyGrid are set to enhance Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) by collaborating on systems for integrating UAVs into the national airspace 14 Jan 2025
Jan 14, 2025
Vertical Lift X-Plane with Fan-in-Wing Technology in Development Aurora Flight Sciences is designing a vertical lift X-plane that utilizes fan-in-wing technology, developing an unmanned demonstrator to achieve high-speed, runway-independent mobility in contested environments 23 Oct 2024
Oct 23, 2024
Hydrogen-Powered sUAS Completes Long-Endurance Flight Test Aurora Flight Sciences' fuel-cell-powered SKIRON-XLE has completed a 7-hour flight test, demonstrating its long-endurance capabilities for BVLOS operations 02 Sep 2024
Sep 2, 2024
Vehicle Control: Advancing Adaptive Technology Aurora Flight Sciences is advancing its FALCON control architecture for Phase 1 of DARPA’s LINC program, aiming to maintain safe operation in unpredictable conditions 01 Aug 2024
Aug 1, 2024
New Long-Range sUAS Powered by Hydrogen Fuel Cell The SKIRON Expeditionary small UAS product line from Aurora Flight Sciences has a new addition, purpose-designed for long range reconnaissance and powered by a hydrogen fuel cell 02 Jul 2024
Jul 2, 2024
In-Air Data Collection Completed with Centaur Optionally Piloted Aircraft The Centaur optionally piloted aircraft (OPA) from Aurora Flight Sciences completed flight tests in the National Airspace System (NAS), equipped with an EO/IR camera, maritime surveillance radar, and Automatic Identification System payloads 14 Jun 2024
Jun 14, 2024
Preliminary Design Phase Begins for Vertical-Lift X-Plane The low-drag, fan-in-wing X-plane from Aurora Flight Sciences will begin a preliminary design review, integrating a blended wing body platform and combining VTOL with impressive speed 22 May 2024
May 22, 2024
Successful Virtual Conditions Testing for Adaptive Control Architecture Aurora Flight Sciences’ “Fast Adaptation and Learning for Control Online” (FALCON) control architecture, which can be fully integrated or function both as an advisor and aid, was put to the test using autonomous USVs in a simulated incident 10 Apr 2024
Apr 10, 2024
Aurora Provides sUAS to Validate eVTOL Model Aurora Swiss Aerospace has provided the ZHAW School of Engineering with sUAS technology to collate data for a future-shaping eVTOL model 28 Mar 2024
Mar 28, 2024
Aurora’s X-Plane Progresses Through Preliminary DARPA Testing The vehicle will demonstrate heavy-air-lift capabilities from the sea and operate efficiently in ground effect at high sea states, using low-cost manufacturing and unique design features 26 Jan 2024
Jan 26, 2024
Manufacturing to Start on Aurora Flight Sciences’ Full-Scale X-Plane The X-65 is configured to be modular, featuring replaceable outboard wings and swappable active flow control (AFC) effectors, which allows for future testing of additional AFC designs 05 Jan 2024
Jan 5, 2024
Development of Adaptive Control Architecture for USVs A platform-agnostic, computationally lightweight online learning and adaptive control architecture, Aurora's Falcon solution can detect destabilization quickly and reconstitute control online for safe and continued operation 12 Jul 2023
Jul 12, 2023
Field Testing the Newest sUAS from Aurora Flight Sciences Aurora has demonstrated the simple deployment and three-hour flight endurance of its SKIRON-X hybrid VTOL fixed-wing sUAS 09 May 2023
May 9, 2023
Aurora Flight Sciences Advances in DARPA Active Flow Control Program DARPA’s goal is to develop and fly a demonstrator aircraft without using external mechanical flight controls 20 Jan 2023
Jan 20, 2023
Aurora Flight Sciences Provides UAS & OPA Systems for Commerce & Defense Aurora's unmanned and optionally-piloted aircraft are designed for ISR, data gathering and counter-UAS 21 Dec 2022
Dec 21, 2022
Aurora Receives Funding to Design Active Flow Control X-Plane The DARPA program award funds detailed engineering design for a full-scale X-plane to demonstrate the benefits of active flow control, and includes an executable option to build and fly the aircraft 12 Dec 2022
Dec 12, 2022
New Fixed-Wing eVTOL sUAS Launched for Airborne ISR Missions  Aurora Flight Sciences’ SKIRON-X is a Group 2 sUAS that combines simple operation of an eVTOL configuration with the longer range and endurance of a fixed-wing design 04 Nov 2022
Nov 4, 2022
Aurora Develops Scalable Methods to Enhance ML Systems Under the DARPA Enabling Confidence program, Aurora will develop scalable methods for incorporating uncertainty from sensors and environments into ML system outputs 17 Oct 2022
Oct 17, 2022
Open Autonomy Architecture Demonstrated for Manned-Unmanned Teaming Aurora Flight Sciences developed an onboard autonomy framework and a prototype platform abstraction layer for Boeing's demonstration of a new open autonomy architecture for manned-unmanned teaming with MQ-25 06 Sep 2022
Sep 6, 2022
Improved MIDAS C-UAS Successfully Tested MIDAS is an AI-enabled, multi-rotor sUAS outfitted with optical sensors and a customized payload that can defeat multiple small UAS targets per flight 25 Apr 2022
Apr 25, 2022