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•DARPA's wild X-65 CRANE aircraft aims for 1st flight in summer 2025
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The X-65 is an experimental jet being developed by the Control of Revolutionary Aircraft with Novel Effectors (CRANE) program overseen by DARPA .
DARPA and Aurora Flight Sciences have begun building the first full-scale aircraft to demonstrate a new method of flight control that uses no external moving parts.
It will feature a 30-foot ( 9-meter ) wingspan and weigh 7,000 pounds ( 3,200 kg ) It will be able to reach speeds of up to Mach 0.7 .
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