Breaking down stealth tech: What really counts

The Boeing Bird of Prey was one of the most otherworldly aircraft ever built — a stealth technology demonstrator that looked straight out of science fiction. Developed in secret by Boeing’s Phantom Works in the 1990s and revealed only in 2002, it was never meant for combat but for experimentation. Its unusual gull-shaped wings, smooth blended body, and V-tail were all designed to explore how future aircraft could become harder to detect by both radar and the human eye. Mechanically, it was a sho