Boeing ’s experimental unmanned “ Phantom Ray ” drone is scheduled for testing in 2010 . Either Boeing is out of military - sounding computer code names or it , too , is catch up in the comic book furore that ’s seized Hollywood .
surprise no one , the Phantom Menace Ray parent program ( X45 - C ) is fund wholly by DARPA to the tune of $ 942 million .
The Ray is design to do a telephone number of things all by its lonesome , include bombing outpouring , surveillance and self-reliant mid - air refueling . Top speed ? 0.85 Mach . Ceiling is 40,000 feet . It can bear 4,500 - lbs . , which hopefully does not include anychips on its shoulderfor its human designers . Unless Jessica Biel is involved . Then by all mean value go to town . [ Boeing , Image ]
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