Boeing’s Phantom Swift is moving into the second part of the design process under a DARPA contract. Boeing Photo
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has granted additional funding to Boeing to continue development of its Phantom Swift vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) experimental aircraft for its X-Plane program. The Arlington, Va.-based agency has exercised a $9.6-million option to move forward with Phase 1B, where Boeing will carry out a number of tasks to refine Phantom Swift’s design.
Included in the milestones are a preliminary design review and a systems definition review. Nearly three-fourths of the work will take place at Boeing’s plant at Ridley Park outside Philadelphia, with a targeted completion date of Nov. 30, 2015. Other locations involved in the project include Manassas, Va. and Torrance, Calif.
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