Boeing plans to ferry its Phantom Ray unmanned combat aircraft demonstrator from St. Louis to Edwards AFB, Calif., atop NASA's Shuttle Carrier Aircraft. The flight will take place "in the next few months" under an existing Boeing-funded Space Act Agreement with NASA. A special adapter will attach the 50-ft.-span Phantom Ray to the structure used to mount the space shuttle orbiter atop the converted Boeing 747, as seen in this concept. NASA operates two of the 747s.
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