S pirit of Phantom Works employees are encouraged to be independent thinkers and to take risks By Dan Ral ey Inside a huge Boeing shop in St. Louis, an aircraft structure that hasn’t been identified to the public is suspended above the floor and surrounded by a wooden platform, enabling engineers to examine it from every angle. The room is quiet except for the steady hum of overhead fans. Employees inside the building must pass through three locked doors to enter. Towering blue curtains hang at each end, providing an added layer of security. In another complex is the year-old Immersive Development Center, located behind a door covered with cloud images, on a floor where all other entryways are generic and unmarked. The room consists of a wall-size display screen, holographic 3-D “cave,” virtual-reality mock-ups, real-time digital humans and collaborative workstations. Multiple locks keep it secure. In a nearby building is the Virtual Warfare Center, which operates as described—people play out war game 22 Boein g Frontie rs
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