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Boeing Completes First Test Flight of Phantom Ray Stealth UAV
Daily Tech ^ | May 5, 2011 | Brandon Hill

Posted on 05/05/2011 6:32:03 AM PDT by decimon

Additional test flights to take place of the next few weeks

Boeing first unveiled a near-complete version of its Phantom Ray unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) nearly a year ago. This week, the company announced that its Phantom Ray has completed its first flight.

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"Autonomous, fighter-sized unmanned aircraft are real," said Phantom Ray program manager Craig Brown. "The UAS bar has been raised. Now I’m eager to see how high that bar will go."

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TOPICS: Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: boeing; phantomray; uav

Boeing Phantom Ray (Source: Boeing)
1 posted on 05/05/2011 6:32:05 AM PDT by decimon
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To: decimon

It looks like an early flying Terminator model.


2 posted on 05/05/2011 6:39:55 AM PDT by FreeAtlanta (Obama and the left are making a mockery of our country.)
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To: decimon

Rock the casbah !


3 posted on 05/05/2011 6:41:53 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Eh ?)
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To: decimon

Klaatu barada nikto


4 posted on 05/05/2011 6:47:30 AM PDT by Bringbackthedraft (The storm clouds of war are on the horizon, 1939 is again approaching us.)
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To: decimon
"The UAS bar has been raised ..."

what does the S stand for in UAS?

5 posted on 05/05/2011 6:53:30 AM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: Red_Devil 232
what does the S stand for in UAS?

"Unmanned Aircraft System" seems to be it.

6 posted on 05/05/2011 6:58:59 AM PDT by decimon
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To: decimon

“By Your Command”


7 posted on 05/05/2011 7:00:01 AM PDT by hattend (Obama is better than OJ... He found a killer while on the golf course.)
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To: Red_Devil 232

>>what does the S stand for in UAS?<<

Sh!tkicker?


8 posted on 05/05/2011 7:00:39 AM PDT by freedumb2003 (Liberalism is a philosophy of sniveling brats. /P. J. O'Rourke, 1991)
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To: Red_Devil 232

>>what does the S stand for in UAS?<<

Sh!tkicker?


9 posted on 05/05/2011 7:00:39 AM PDT by freedumb2003 (Liberalism is a philosophy of sniveling brats. /P. J. O'Rourke, 1991)
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To: decimon
It needs a red light sweeping side to side in the hood...

Cylon Animated Eye

10 posted on 05/05/2011 7:01:15 AM PDT by null and void (We are now in day 833 of our national holiday from reality. - It's 3 AM, time to arrest Obama)
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To: decimon

Yep! Thanks.


11 posted on 05/05/2011 7:06:35 AM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: null and void
It needs a red light sweeping side to side in the hood...

To complement the HID headlights.

12 posted on 05/05/2011 7:15:04 AM PDT by decimon
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To: decimon
The Next Generation....


13 posted on 05/05/2011 7:17:57 AM PDT by sjmjax (Politicans are like bananas - they start out green, turn yellow, then rot.)
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To: FreeAtlanta

If you ever saw the Chevy Chase movie “Deal of the Century” it will remind you of the Peacemaker UAV fighter that goes haywire at an airshow.

I know the fighter jockeys in the USAF command structure have a lot of clout, but are the days of UAV fighters not so far off? A super UAV could do more gs in manouvers against manned fighters because there wouldn’t be an onboard human to worry about.


14 posted on 05/05/2011 7:25:35 AM PDT by wildbill (You're just jealous because the Voices talk only to me.)
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