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Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Status Update: Boeing's Phantom Eye takes a huge step forward

Phantom EyeBoeing’s Phantom Eye was promoted to experimental status by the U.S. Air Force 412th Operations Group based on the recommendation of officials at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center.

The liquid hydrogen-fueled, high altitude long endurance (HALE) unmanned aircraft system (UAS) is a prodigy of sorts, having earned experimental status after completing just six successful test flights.

As an experimental aircraft operating within the U.S. Air Force Test Center, it can now depart protected air space over Edwards AFB, Calif., for a test range several miles away to complete its endurance and altitude testing.

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