Scaled Composites, often called simply Scaled, is an American aerospace company founded by Burt Rutan and currently owned by Northrop Grumman, located at the Mojave Air and Space Port in Mojave, California. It was founded to develop experimental aircraft, and the company now focuses on designing and developing concept craft and prototype fabrication processes for aircraft and other vehicles. It is known for unconventional designs, for its use of non-metal composite materials, and for winning the Ansari X Prize with its experimental spacecraft SpaceShipOne.
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Scaled Composites was established in 1982 and purchased by the Beech Aircraft Corporation in 1985, as a result of the collaboration on the Starship project.
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Scaled Composites (often called simply Scaled) is an American aerospace company
Subsidiary Of: Northrop Grumman Corporation, Lead
currently owned by Northrop Grumman
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Scaled Composites (often called simply Scaled) is an American aerospace company founded by Burt Rutan and currently owned by Northrop Grumman.
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In April 1982, Rutan founded Scaled Composites, LLC
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