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Bird of Prey
Role
Experimental stealth testbed
Type of aircraft
Manufacturer
McDonnell Douglas / Boeing
First flight
September 11, 1996
Retired
April 1999
Status
On display
Number built
1
The Boeing Bird of Prey was a black project aircraft, intended to demonstrate stealth technology. It was developed by McDonnell Douglas and Boeing in the 1990s.[1] The company provided $67 million of funding for the project;[1] it was a low-cost program compared to many other programs of similar scale. It developed technology and materials which would later be used on Boeing's X-45 unmanned combat air vehicle. As an internal project, this aircraft was not given an X-plane designation. There are no public plans to make this a production aircraft. It is characterized as a technology demonstrator.
^ ab"Boeing Unveils Bird of Prey Stealth Technology Demonstrator" Archived October 10, 2004, at the Wayback Machine. Boeing, October 18, 2002.
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