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new boeing - Bernice Moore - 30-12-2010 from treefrog Phantom Eye High Altitude Long Endurance aircraft unveiled By Randy Jackson and Chris Haddox Bruce Becker/Boeing Boeing unveils its first hydrogen-powered unmanned airborne system, called Phantom Eye, at a ceremony in St. Louis. Phantom Eye is a demonstrator that has 150-foot wingspan, will cruise at approximately 150 knots and can carry up to a 450-pound payload while staying aloft at 65,000 feet for up to four days. Boeing unveiled its hydrogen-powered Phantom Eye unmanned airborne system during a ceremony in St. Louis on July 12. The demonstrator, which will stay aloft at 65,000 feet for up to four days, is powered by two 2-liter, four-cylinder engines that provide 150 horsepower each. It has a 150-foot wingspan, will cruise at approximately 150 knots and can carry up to a 450-pound payload. "Phantom Eye is the first of its kind and could open up a whole new market in collecting data and communications," Darryl Davis, president of Boeing Phantom or http://tinyurl.com/3a89f2j |