Boeing readies Phantom Eye for return to flight

Boeing's Phantom Eye high-altitude, long-endurance testbed is ready to fly again - following a hard landing after its first flight in June 2012. Strengthened landing gear and software and hardware upgrades will enable higher-altitude tests from NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards, following 40kt (75km/h) taxi tests on its launch cart on 6 February. (www.flightglobal.com) Ещё...