Boeing Phantom Ray UCAV

Boeing video of the Nov. 18 2010 low-speed taxi tests of the Phantom Ray (formerly X-45C) unmanned combat air vehicle demonstrator at St Louis' Lambert Field airport. The Phantom Ray has now been loaded on to NASA's 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft to be ferried to Edwards AFB in California for flight tests beginning early next year.

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Science & Technology

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• aviation
• aircraft
• unmanned
• UAV
• UCAV
• Boeing
• PhantomRay
• X-45

[fuckyorutube]

Iran has One )))

[27twolizards]

it looks like a boomerang with wheels. Probably because they are hoping it will come back.

[FWW7450]

UP UP AND AWAY. Its a burd, no its a plane, no its Superman, NO ITS ANOTHER ONE OF THOS DAMN KILLING MACHINES FROM THE UNITED STATES COMING HERE TO KICK OUR SORRY ASSES.

[Direwolf56]

@fuckyorutube no, that was a different done

[doneladio666]

BTW folks the term 'drone' is so passé these days - operators hate the term because they think it belittles the sophistication and autonomy of the contemporary UCAV - both Predators and Reapers have a suite of capabilities that do not necessarily require direct operator intervention. To many, 'drone' implies dumb or stupid - hence the operators' taking exception to the term. The press, alas, do not seem to have cottoned on to this semantic quibble as of yet ..

[doneladio666]

I am currently writing my PhD on the subject of UCAVs - they certainly have the potential to change the face of warfare, while kicking up all sorts of ethical quandaries

(esp if they are ever granted autonomy to launch missiles, independent of a human operator) But before we get too excited about the potential of UCAVs we should note that there are still severe impediments to progress in the realm of AI. Until we can crack that nut, UCAVs will likely remain ineffectual in air-to-air roles.

[Snartblade]

Чё это за хрень? Она летает? или это вообще - пылесос?

[TankNutJohn89]

@Reconseal4050: They doesn't have the systems to fly this thing, Iran doesn't have this bird, they have the RQ-170 Sentinel, which is developed by Lockheed Martin, this is the Boeing Phantom Ray, which is far more advanced.

[TankNutJohn89]

@fuckyorutube: My Gosh, every Video about UCAVs there are such dumbass comments. Iran got an RQ-170, this is the X-45C. R = Recon, X = eXperimental, it isn't in Service. The RQ-170 is in Service since 2007, this bird made its first flight in mid 2011. This one is far more advanced.You probably think Stealth-Drone is Stealth-Drone huh? There are other too, such as P-175 Polecat & X-47B Pegasus. The Sentinel & Phantom Ray aren't the only US-Stealth Drones.

[VectorGhost]

@fuckyorutube naa the one Lockheed has was no were near as advanced as this Phantom Ray and Northrop is more advanced

[mattmatt115]

@Carbide195 And its 2billion a copy

Great investment. Funnier to watch one crash

[mattmatt115]

@Reconseal4050 Iran is the second largest exporter of oil in OPEC

Iranians pay the equivalent of what would be 7cents a litre for gasoline at the pumps, in the USA.

You think they have no gasoline? They produce gasoline for domestic consumption and export their surplus. Suggesting Iran has no fuel to fly this thing (which they couldnt anyway) is really an indicator of extreme ignorance of facts.

You should read more books