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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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’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 ...

The Boeing Co. (St. Louis, Mo., USA) announced on May 8 that it plans to develop and demonstrate an unmanned flying test bed for advanced air system technologies. The internally funded program, called ...

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 ...

Limited time: Save 25% on NBC News subscription Get exclusive reporting, live Q&As and ad-free reading. The first flight of the fighter-size jet under its own power lasted 17 minutes. The Phantom Ray ...

ST. LOUIS, Missouri -- Boeing's Phantom Ray unmanned airborne system recently completed its first flight at NASA's Dryden Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. The 17-minute flight on ...