This was the statement on Boeing's internal website for employees;
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Boeing-sponsored vehicles finish 2nd, 3rd at Grand Challenge race.
Two Boeing-sponsored autonomous vehicles – Sandstorm and H1ghlander – Saturday were among only five vehicles out of 23 to finish the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Grand Challenge 132-mile race.
The two modified Humvees came in second and third, respectively.
Stanford University's Stanley came in first, winning the $2 million prize.
"We really take our hats off to Stanford," said Phil Koon, Boeing Phantom Works' lead engineer on Carnegie Mellon University's Red Team. "We would have liked to come in first, of course, but Stanley beat us by only 11 minutes.
They may have finished first, but we finished twice."
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