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Boeing Begins X-66 Modification, Removing Engines and Adding Scanning Technology
January 09, 2024
PALMDALE, California, Jan. 9 -- Boeing, an aerospace company and a manufacturer of commercial jetliners and defense, space and security systems, issued the following news release:

Boeing [NYSE:BA] has begun extensive modification of an airplane that will become the X-66 Sustainable Flight Demonstrator (SFD), removing engines and completing 3D metrology scans to inform the plane's design and build plan.

The MD-90 jet's original wings will soon be removed to tes . . .

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