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Tue, Dec 14, 2010

Phantom Ray Takes A Piggyback Ride On NASA's Shuttle Carrier Aircraft

Boeing Says Trip Brings The UAS One Step Closer To Its First Flight

Securely attached to the top of one of NASA's modified B747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), the Boeing Phantom Ray unmanned airborne system took off at 1340 CST Monday for a test flight at Lambert International Airport. The 50-minute flight was conducted in preparation for Phantom Ray's upcoming transport on the SCA to the Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, CA.

"This is exciting not just because it's the first time that an aircraft other than the space shuttle has flown on the SCA, but also because it puts Phantom Ray that much closer to making its first flight," said Craig Brown, Phantom Ray program manager for Boeing.

The SCA flights with Phantom Ray are being conducted under a Boeing-funded, commercial Space Act Agreement with NASA. Once Phantom Ray arrives at Dryden, it will undergo ground and high-speed taxi tests to prepare for its first flight in early 2011.

Phantom Ray is one of several programs in Boeing's Phantom Works division.

FMI: www.boeing.com

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