Boeing Phantom Works

Boeing Phantom Works

Type	Operating Division
Industry	Aerospace and Advanced Research and Development
Founded	by McDonnell Douglas
Headquarters	St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Key people	Darryl Davis (President)[1]
Number of employees	2,600
Parent	The Boeing Company
Website	www.boeing.com

Boeing Phantom Works is the advanced prototyping arm of the Defense and Security side of The Boeing Company. Its primary focus is developing advanced military products and technologies, many of them highly classified.

Founded by McDonnell Douglas, the research and development group continued after Boeing acquired the company. Its logo was derived from the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom combat jet.

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 St Louis, 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,^[2] Britain,^[3] Australia,^[4] and India.^[5]

Known projects

X-51 Waverider advanced hypersonic vehicle

• Boeing Phantom Eye: High Altitude Long Endurance reconnaissance drone
• Boeing Phantom Ray: Unmanned flying test bed for advanced air system technologies
• Boeing X-51 Wave-rider: Hypersonic vehicle
• Boeing Condor: High Altitude Long Endurance concept drone
• McDonnell Douglas YF-23: Black Widow Advanced Fighter concept
• McDonnell Douglas A-12 Avenger II: Advanced Navy Stealth Fighter concept
• Boeing X-32 Joint Strike Fighter
• Boeing Bird of Prey: Stealth fighter UAV demonstrator
• Boeing A160 Hummingbird: UAV helicopter
• Boeing X-40
• 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
• Quad TiltRotor (with Bell Helicopter)
• F/A-XX: sixth generation fighter concept

See also

• Inside the Phantom Works - DEW Line article^[6]
• Skunk Works, a similar division of Lockheed Martin

References

1. Executive Biographies. Boeing. Retrieved on June 29, 2009.
2. Boeing: Boeing Dedicates Virtual Warfare Center in St. Louis
3. Boeing UK - 404
4. Boeing: Boeing Australia Unveils Advanced International Systems Analysis Laboratory
5. http://www.allbusiness.com/company-activities-management/research-development/12246876-1.html
6. Inside Phantom Works - The DEW Line

External links

• Boeing Phantom Works Overview