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First flight of the Boeing Phantom Ray on 27 April cleared a critical step in the company's search for external funding, but no obvious fiscal streams have appeared on the horizon for the stealthy ...

Boeing has been developing a new spy plane, called Phantom Ray, which is a remote-controlled stealth jet, measuring thirty-six feet long and is completely unmanned. Phantom Ray is about the same size ...

The Boeing Phantom Ray will start taxi tests in July ahead of first flight in late December, but the future of the unmanned strike aircraft after a one-year series of 10 flight tests remains uncertain ...

Boeing’s April test flight of the Phantom Ray drone almost never happened due to an order in 2007 from the U.S. military directing the contractor to cease work on and dismantle the Phantom Ray’s ...

Looking like a boomerang with a bump in the middle, the unmanned aircraft will be a testbed for advanced systems that can cruise at more than 600 mph. Jon Skillings is an editorial director at CNET, ...

Depiction of Boeing Company’s Phantom Ray technology demonstrator, which will serve as a testbed for advanced unmanned aircraft systems. Private development will offer a chance to explore experimental ...

Boeing said Monday that its first unmanned jet fighter-sized aircraft, called Phantom Ray for its likeness to an undersea manta ray, is on track to have its first flight this year. “We are on a fast ...

Washington – Despite a tight veil of security being thrown over Boeing’s Phantom Ray unmanned aircraft demonstration program, several industry officials say the stealth-shaped aircraft made its first ...

As the space shuttle fades into the sunset, NASA’s Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier is looking for a new job. Here’s the first time it has been used for carrying an aircraft other than NASA’s orbiter: The ...

Boeing’s sleek fighter-size Phantom Ray unmanned stealth jet took to the air for the first time Tuesday atop the NASA Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), a modified Boeing 747, for a test flight. The ...