Boeing Phantom Ray flight test

Boeing Phantom Ray stealth unmanned airborne system (UAS) successfully completed its first flight test April 27, 2011 at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base in California.

Phantom Ray flew to 7,500 feet (2286 meters) and reached a speed of 178 knots (205mph•330kph) total flight time was 17 minutes.
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Boeing's Phantom Ray unmanned airborne system (UAS) is an in-house "one off" technology demonstrator that will serve as a flying test bed for multiple, new, advanced technologies including:


-- intel / surveil / recon

-- locate / neutralize enemy air defenses

-- hunter / killer missions

-- electronic warfare

-- autonomous aerial refueling



Boeing in-house project:

-- designed and developed by Boeing's Phantom Works division

-- uses technologies Boeing pioneered in prototype for Joint-Unmanned Combat Air System (J-UCAS)

-- funded and built by Boeing Defense, Space & Security in St. Louis

-- no tax dollars used



Key suppliers include:

-- General Electric-Aviation · propulsion and power distribution

-- Honeywell · brake system

-- Woodward-HRT · flight control actuation system

-- Crane Hydro-Aire · brake controls

-- Heroux-Devtek · landing gear



Length ...................... 36 ft ........... 10.9 m

Wingspan ................. 50 ft ........... 15.2 m

Gross Weight ........... 36,500 lbs .. 16,556 kg

Operating Altitude .... 40,000 ft ......12,192 m

Cruise Mach ... 0.8 ... 614 mph ..... 988 km/h

Engine ...................... F404-GE-102D


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[sabthealmighty]

ahm....

gizmodo.com/5847831/holy-sht-a­-virus-has-infected-the-us-dro­ne-fleet

[MediaBlitzDIR]

Different aircraft... but still something important to bear in mind with these types of systems – as is: wired.com/dangerroom/2009/12/i­nsurgents-intercept-drone-vide­o-in-king-sized-security-breac­h

[SSzabi]

Terminator 2, Judgment Day (1991):

`...In three years, Cyberdyne will become

the largest supplier of military computer systems.

All Stealth bombers are upgraded

with Cyberdyne computers

becoming fully unmanned.

Afterwards they fly with

a perfect operational record...`

[sabthealmighty]

I'd like to see this bird in bad weather too, wonder how it deals with rapid changes in wind directions and strength

[driftman96]

It would have been funny to see a bug and then aircraft crashing on the ground

[Darkmanskin]

Put your wheels up!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[IamArob0t]

@talismenF22 It's RC.

[sabthealmighty]

@antimattercrusader

Ladies and Gentleman, no need to worry, even though a severe storm hit us, all systems on board are function-function-function-fun­ction-function-function-functi­on

[antimattercrusader]

@nicpetnic But we will need money, something we're probably not going to have.

[antimattercrusader]

@sabthealmighty Probably with mathematical precision and reaction time unrivaled by any human pilot.

[talismenF22]

is this complety unmaned or is it a rc like the preditor

[cjhite]

People will always be the Navy's greatest asset.