Phantom Eye Boeing UAV Brandon Witte

Phantom Eye Design Philosophy The Phantom Eye is an unmanned aerial vehicle designed for military surveillance, reconnaissance, and communication applications. Three major design guidelines include: High altitude - 65,000 ft. Long endurance - 4 days. Liquid-Hydrogen powered. Autonomous take off via launch cart. Autonomous landing using landing gear. Boeing Phantom Eye UAV

Phantom Eye (Demonstrator) – General Characteristics Wingspan 150 ft (46 m) Length 53 ft Takeoff gross weight 9,800 lbs (4,445 kg) Cruise speed 150 kts (~173 MPH) Max speed 200 kts (~230 MPH) Engines (2) 2.3L 150 Horsepower Endurance 4 days at 65,000 ft* * Flight time includes 450 lb payload Boeing Phantom Eye UAV

Phantom Eye – Testing Flight test site: Edwards Air Force Base, CA. 6 total test flights. Most recent in mid December, 2014. Longest flight: 5 hours @ ~30,000 ft. First test flight experienced failure in landing gear. New landing gear shown in picture, rests on wing after coming to a stop. Video of second test flight highlighting take-off and landing. Boeing Phantom Eye UAV

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