Boeing X-40

The Boeing X-40 Space Maneuver Vehicle was a test platform for the X-37 Future-X Reusable Launch Vehicle.

X-40
Boeing X-40A on a descent glide slope
Role Glide test vehicle
National origin United States
Manufacturer Boeing Phantom Works
First flight August 11, 1998
(dropped by UH-60 Black Hawk)
Status Retired May 2001
Primary users Air Force Research Laboratory
NASA
Number built 1
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