Boeing’s Phantom Express Is Darpa’s XS-1 Spaceplane

Graham Warwick May 24, 2017

The legacy of the space shuttle and X-37B will come together in Phantom Express, the reusable launch vehicle that Boeing is to build and fly under Darpa’s XS-1 experimental spaceplanes program. Boeing’s vertical-takeoff, horizontal-landing design has been selected for Phases 2 and 3 of the XS-1...

Graham Warwick

Graham leads Aviation Week's coverage of technology, focusing on engineering and technology across the aerospace industry, with a special focus on identifying technologies of strategic importance to aviation, aerospace and defense.

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