Photo: Phantom Works engineer Sibo Chou uses a motion suit to perform research in the Immersive Development Center in St. Louis with Bob Olshan’s assistance. Bob Ferguson | Boeing Sbeeempt r 2015 23 scenarios here. Outcomes are not revealed. The glass-covered facility is as restricted as any at Boeing. “We counted 60 stars in here at one time,” said program manager Mike Lahm, referring to officers’ rankings. All of this falls under the auspices of Phantom Works, Boeing’s highly progressive and well-shielded research and development arm, an organization centrally headquartered at the northern end of Lambert–St. Louis International Airport amid the background noise of departing and arriving jetliners. Phantom Works, part of Boeing Defense, Space & Security, also occupies a sprawling site in Huntington Beach, Calif., with several smaller operations located across the United States, as well as internationally. Created more than two decades ago by Boeing heritage company McDonnell Douglas, Phantom Works has evolved into more of an incubator for innovation that stretches across company programs and involves a wider range of product lines than before. Military aircraft, unmanned
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