Boeing’s “Phantom Ray” unmanned stealth aircraft will be an awesome addition to the military’s arsenal of modern warplanes. Having been formally revealed earlier this year, the Phantom Ray combines the very latest aviation technology into a platform “designed to support potential missions that may include intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance; suppression of enemy air defenses; electronic attack; strike; [...]
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Tags: airplane, Boeing, Boeing 787, NASA, Phantom Ray, Phantom Works, Space Shuttle, stealth 
1 Comment »Flying for any extended period of time is not something most people enjoy. Cramped quarters and limited recreational activities often challenge even the most focused individuals. In a era when more people than ever are spending large portions of their free time surfing the web or engaged in some form of social networking, it seems [...]
Posted in Content Delivery, Internet, Misc, Technology Tags: Aircell, airplane, Gogo, in-flight broadband, Internet, WiFi No Comments »Yesterday, the U.S. military in conjunction with several private companies including Boeing’s Phantom Works, successfully launched and flew the X-51A “WaveRider” unmanned test aircraft. Powered by a Scramjet engine, the aircraft flew at speeds up to Mach 5, although this was below the intended hypersonic goal of Mach 6. But the X-51A, having flown for [...]
Posted in Military, Technology Tags: airplane, Boeing, Phantom Works, scramjet, X-51A WaveRider 1 Comment »If there’s one thing for which the U.S. government should have a “blank check”, it’s defense spending. Not necessarily for complicated, politicized international wars or covert nation building operations, but for weapons development programs so futuristic and secretive that we the citizens, along with potential enemies, can barely imagine the kinds of firepower the Pentagon or DARPA [...]
Posted in Military, Technology Tags: airplane, F-35 Lightning II, fighter jet, Military 3 Comments »
