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Boeing Says Silent Eagle Flight Demo On Track For Late 2010

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Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

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By Marina Malenic Additional international interest in a stealthier version of the F-15 Eagle has caused Boeing [BA] to plan for internally funded flight-testing in the third quarter of next year, a company executive has said. "That flight test will probably happen sometime toward the third quarter of next year," Tom Bell, vice president of business development for Boeing military aircraft, told Defense Daily last week. "We are determined to fly it and to demonstrate that the technologies inherent therein…

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