The Boeing YF-118G Bird of Prey was a revolutionary experimental aircraft developed in secret at Area 51 during the 1990s to ...

Summary and Key Points: The YF-118G Bird of Prey, developed in the 1990s by Boeing Phantom Works at Area 51, was a pioneering ...

In 1992, Boeing's Phantom Works program began development on the Bird of Prey, a project managed by the U.S. Air Force, funded by Boeing, and borrowing the name from the Klingon starship in 1984 ...

Boeing Bird of Prey Shrouded in Secrecy Still Named after a Klingon spacecraft from Star Trek and given the designation “YF-118G”, the jet incorporated dramatic design inside and out.

The Bird of Prey project began at the Phantom Works in 1992, and the aircraft made its first flight eight months earlier than the X-36 on September 11, 1996.

Boeing acquired McDonnell Douglas in 1997, a year after the Bird of Prey made its first flight in the fall of 1996. Even though Boeing Phantom Works still has black programs that the company can't ...

When Boeing and the Air Force unveiled the once ultra-secret Bird of Prey prototype aircraft on October 18, they were stingy with information. They informed guests that it had made 38 flights ...

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What You Need to Know: The Boeing YF-118G, nicknamed the “Bird of Prey,” was a stealth technology demonstrator developed by Boeing’s Phantom Works in the 1990s.Like a Klingon spacecraft from ...

The Bird of Prey was first launched in 1996 at Area 51 and made a total of 38 flights. The YF-118G was designed for lower altitudes, with a maximum operational ceiling of just 20,000 feet.