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Uploaded by on Jun 22, 2009

Bird of Prey

Subsonic, single-seat, stealth, technology demonstrator aircraft built by Boeing Phantom Works. The edges of the Bird of Prey's fuselage and wings are parallel to each other, resulting in radar waves reflections being limited to directions where detection is unlikely. The Bird of Prey's upper and lower skins are made out of large single carbon composite pieces, fashioned on plywood frames beneath glass-fiber molds.

1992 - project started
1996 - 1st flight
1999 - project finished
2002 - revealed to public

wingspan: 23 feet
length: 47 feet
weight: 7,400 lbs (approx)
operational speed: 260 knots
max altitude: 20,000 feet

engine: Pratt & Whitney JT15D-5C turbofan

Total program cost = $67Million
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"Cloak of secrecy lifted from 'Bird of Prey'"
Boeing Frontiers (November 2002)
http://tiny.cc/frontiers_nov02_prey

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  • Its a drone right?

  • @dapple33 - The Bird of Prey is NOT a drone; it has a single human pilot.

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  • Do a Barrel Roll!

  • @diziplesp it does dumbass its called new age stealth, its consealed inside the aircraft, they pop out from panels, god go look at the F-22, all its shit is consealed inside panels

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  • this was cancelled right ?

  • Who said those polygons could fly.

  • but will it blend

  • Fantastic looking airplane!

  • will they make it supersonic?

  • @LuckyDT BOP is out of date, taken over by the 45 & 47 in support of UAV. If it's not hypersonic, it's not 6th gen.

    Boeing~

  • Absoutely stunning machine. Too bad this video looks like a piss poor power point presentation some guy whipped up in about 15 minutes. The 'transformation' appears as a UAV, can anyone confirm?

  • @onilef65 What part of "technology demonstrator aircraft" do you not understand...?

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