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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1 Comment »The folks at Boeing have been busy lately. Besides testing prototypes of the 787 Dreamliner, the company today unveiled an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) called the Phantom Ray. The stealthy aircraft, financed and built by entirely by Boeing using knowledge gained from the X-45 program, will initially serve as a test bed for existing [...]
Posted in Military, Technology Tags: airplane, Boeing, Boeing 787, Phantom Ray, Phantom Works, stealth 3 Comments »As if trying to break its wings off wasn’t enough, engineers at Boeing continue to subject their 787 Dreamliner to the harshest of tests in an effort to validate its design and functionality. Most recently, the plane was put in a giant freezer capable of temperatures down to -65°F. This allows the engineers to simulate the [...]
I saw this today and thought it deserved a mention. For anyone who has watched in horror as the wings of the airplane in which you were flying violently bent and vibrated through an extreme patch of turbulence, this should reassure you on future flights. This is the wing bending test of Boeing’s 787 “Dreamliner”. Needless [...]
