Boeing Phantom Works is the advanced

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arm of the defense and security side of

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. Its primary focus is developing advanced military products and technologies, many of them highly

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. Founded by

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, the

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group continued after Boeing acquired the company. Its logo is similar to one used for the McDonnell Douglas

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fighter.

Scope and responsibility

Phantom Works' organization mirrors that of Boeing's Defense business units, with 'Advanced' versions of each unit (e.g. Advanced Boeing Military Aircraft). The underlying technology is provided by the Boeing Research and Technology (BR&T) organization, who develop new technologies (i.e. Technology Readiness Level 1–4) for use by Boeing's Commercial and Defense units. Phantom Works responsibility is to grow those technologies into prototype (i.e. Technology Readiness Level 4–6) to then transition those prototypes to the business units to turn into products (i.e. Technology Readiness Level 7–9).

Locations

Headquartered in Washington D.C., Phantom Works has projects in most Boeing locations in the United States. Additionally an international group does modelling and simulation work for various governments in the United States, Britain, Australia, and India.

Known projects

Boeing Airpower Teaming System The Boeing MQ-28 Ghost Bat, previously known as the Boeing Airpower Teaming System (ATS) and the Loyal Wingman project, is a stealth, multirole, unmanned aerial vehicle in development by Boeing Australia for the Royal Australian Air Force (RA ...

: Fighter-sized UAV intended to accompany crewed military aircraft * Boeing Phantom Eye: High Altitude Long Endurance reconnaissance drone * XS-1: Reusable suborbital space plane *

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

: Unmanned flying test bed for advanced air system technologies *

Boeing X-51 Waverider The Boeing X-51 Waverider is an unmanned research scramjet experimental aircraft for hypersonic flight at and an altitude of . The aircraft was designated X-51 in 2005. It completed its first powered hypersonic flight on 26 May 2010. After tw ...

: Hypersonic vehicle * Boeing Condor: High Altitude Long Endurance concept drone * McDonnell Douglas

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: Black Widow Advanced Fighter concept *

McDonnell Douglas A-12 Avenger II The McDonnell Douglas/General Dynamics A-12 Avenger II was a proposed American attack aircraft from McDonnell Douglas and General Dynamics. It was to be an all-weather, carrier-based stealth bomber replacement for the Grumman A-6 Intruder in ...

: Advanced Navy Stealth Fighter concept * Boeing X-32 Joint Strike Fighter *

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: Stealth fighter UAV demonstrator * Boeing A160 Hummingbird: UAV helicopter *

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* Boeing X-45 UCAV * Boeing X-37 Advanced Technology Demonstrator * Boeing Pelican ULTRA * Boeing X-48 Blended Wing Body demonstrator *

X-53 Active Aeroelastic Wing The X-53 Active Aeroelastic Wing (AAW) development program is a completed American research project that was undertaken jointly by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Boeing Phantom Works and NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, where t ...

* Quad TiltRotor (with

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: sixth generation fighter concept * '' Echo Voyager'', an

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Scope and responsibility

Locations

Known projects

See also

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