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Boeing X-40 | bgcolor="#87CEEB" colspan="3" align="center" style="border-bottom:3px solid"|Boeing X-40A | | olspan="3" align="center"|300px | | gcolor="#87CEEB" colspan="3"|Description | | ole | colspan="2"|Glide Test Vehicle | | rew | colspan="2"|0 | | irst Flight | colspan="2"|March 14, 2001
(dropped by CH-47) | | anufacturer | colspan="2"|Boeing | | gcolor="#87CEEB" colspan="3"|Dimensions | | ength | 21ft 5in | 6.5 m | | ingspan | 11ft 6in | 3.5 m | | eight | 7ft 5in | 2.3 m | | ing area | ft² | m² | | gcolor="#87CEEB" colspan="3"|Weights | | mpty | lb | kg | | gcolor="#87CEEB" colspan="3"|Performance | | aximum speed | 300 mph | 480 km/h | | gcolor="#87CEEB" colspan="3"|Avionics | | vionics | colspan="2"|Honeywell 12-channel Space Integrated GPS/INS (SIGI) system. | The Boeing X-40A Space Maneuver Vehicle was part of the X-37 Future-X Reusable Launch Vehicle project. Built to 85 percent scale, in 2001 it successfully demonstrated the glide capabilities of the X-37's fat-bodied, short-winged design and validated the proposed guidance system. See also External link | bgcolor="#e0e0e0" colspan="2" align="center" style="border-bottom:3px solid"|Related content | | b>Related Development | align="center"| | | b>Similar Aircraft | align="center"| | | b>Designation Series | align="center"| X-37 - X-38 - X-39 - X-40 - X-41 - X-42 - X-43 | | b>Related Lists | align="center"| List of experimental aircraft | X-40
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