DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF by Maryanne Kane, Journalist
D A ILY INNOVATION BRIEF By Journalists Edward Kane & Marya nne Kane REVOLUTIONARY PLANE WITH NO TRADITIONAL WINGS & NO TAIL Source: DARPA & Aurora The US Defense Department's Advanced Research Projects Agency - DARPA - and Aurora Flight Sciences, a research subsidiary of Boeing, are developing a radical new plane concept with no traditional wings and tail. It could fundamentally change future aircraft design and operations. Here's what you need to know: This is a first-of-its-kind aircraft design A plane that flies with no traditional wings and no tail It flies by the pilot controlling the air flow around the plane Nothing has been innovated like this in the 120 history of aviation It's called the X-65 Maximum speed is Mach 0.7 or 537 mph It has a diamond-shaped, wing-like configuration on the top of the aircraft for air flow control There are no control surfaces that traditional planes have like rudders, flaps and