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Ladies and gentlemen I give you Phantom Ray
Built in St. Louis, the Phantom Ray made it's debut after only two years in development
the sleek fighter-sized unmanned airborne system combines survivability with a powerful arsenal
Our customers will be able to test out new technologies in intelligence, reconnaissance and surveillance
new technologies in electronic attack and unmanned systems all enabled by this new test bed
36 feet long with a 50 foot wingspan Phantom Ray was designed and developed
by Boeing using technology originally created for the X-45C unmanned aircraft less than a decade ago
technology like rapid prototyping and manufacturing
Craig Brown, Phantom Ray program manager says stay tuned...
We're really excited about this quite honestly because
Phantom Works is back as a rapid prototyping house, operation
and organization. This is the first of what I expect to be many
exciting prototypes and they'll all showcase exciting technologies
Phantom Ray team members say it's been a long road to this roll-out
It's a sense of pride that we were all able to work together
to get what we needed to get to this point it's been a long time coming
Funding for Phantom Ray highlights a commitment by Boeing and it's
Phantom Works division to become the leader in the global unmanned systems market
In a day and age of aerospace risk management
Boeing is financing the Phantom Ray entirely on its own with no risk to customers or taxpayers
For the first time in a long time we're spending our own money and
designing and building and flying near operational prototypes
We're spending that money to leverage the decades of experience we have in unmanned systems
systems that span the gamut from sea to space
The revolutionary aircraft is on target to take its first taxi tests later this
summer and soar through its initial flight profiles as early as December
A Phantom Ray-like aircraft that one day could penetrate enemy forces
and provide a new specter of security for our nation's war fighters