Originally Posted by
oxenos
Boeing build Phantoms??????????????
Boeing inherited the McDonnell Douglas Phantom Works when they merged with McD back in 1997. Phantom Works is Boeing's military prototyping organization. Boeing's R&D house (Boeing Research and Technology, BR&T) develops the raw technology for both military and commercial use (readiness level 1-4). Phantom Works then develops that tech further into an actual military prototype (readiness level 4-6). Each business unit (Commercial Aircraft, Defense Systems, and Global Support) then turns that into production products. Phantom Works has been compared to Lockheed's Skunk Works, but it is actually quite different.