#Boeing Phantom Ray

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General Information

The Boeing Phantom Ray is an American demonstration stealth unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) developed by Boeing. The autonomous Phantom Ray is a flying wing around the size of a conventional fighter jet, and first flew in April 2011.

Specifications

Crew: None (UCAV)
Length: 36 ft (11 m)
Wingspan: 50 ft (15 m)
Max takeoff weight: 36,500 lb (16,556 kg)
Powerplant: 1 × General Electric F404-GE-102D

Performance

Cruise speed: 614 mph (988 km/h, 534 kn) mach 0.93
Range: 1,500 mi (2,400 km, 1,300 nmi)
Service ceiling: 40,000 ft (12,000 m)
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Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_Phantom_Ray

Boeing Phantom Ray

The Boeing Phantom Ray is an American demonstration stealth unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) developed by Boeing. The autonomous Phantom Ray is a flying wing around the size of a conventional fighter jet, and first flew in April 2011. It will conduct a program of test flights involving surveillance, ground attack and autonomous aerial refuelin...

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https://web.archive.org/web/20080323161907/http://www.boeing.com/history/boeing/x45_jucas.html

Boeing: History -- Products - Boeing X-45 Joint Unmanned Combat Air...

The Boeing Joint Unmanned Combat Air System (J-UCAS) X-45 is the first highly autonomous, unmanned system specifically designed for combat operations in the network-centric environment of the 21st century. The Defense Advanced Research Project Agency, the U.S. Air Force, and Boeing have completed the first two demonstration blocks on the X-45A a...

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they just rounded up the wingspan

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length is just

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this is from the official boeing website using wayback machine

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the Phantom Ray exists, it has flown solo without catapult nor parent ship, it is different from X-45C and X-45A
X-45C is a variant of X-45, however, PR is developed from X-45C

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Boeing Phantom Ray UCAV first flight - Apr 27, 2011

Boeing's Phantom Ray unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) demonstrator completed its first flight on April 27 at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. The 17-minute flight followed high-speed taxi tests in March to validate ground guidance, navigation and control and verify mission planning, pilot interface and ope...

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theyre all related

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x-45, phantom ray, x-47

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