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 (prototypes)
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The Scaled Composites Model 339 SpaceShipTwo (SS2) is a retired air-launched suborbital spaceplane type designed for space tourism
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The first vehicle, VSS Enterprise, was manufactured by Scaled Composites.
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designed by Burt Rutan's Scaled Composites
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is a demonstrator aircraft built by Scaled Composites
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is a technology demonstration aircraft built by Burt Rutan's Scaled Composites in 1986 under contract to DARPA
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Scaled Composites, Inc. for vehicle integration and flight testing.
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The Northrop Grumman Firebird is an intelligence gathering aircraft designed by Northrop Grumman's subsidiary Scaled Composites which can be flown remotely or by a pilot. At Scaled, it is known as the Model 355.
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is an experimental flying car developed by Scaled Composites
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Scaled Composites has quietly revealed more details of its Model 400 Swift proof-of-concept aircraft.
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Source The Aviationist: Scaled Composites' Model 437 Vanguard Has Flown For The First TimeLead, makerQuote, Lead, maker
The new Model 437 aircraft by Scaled Composites, the well-known cutting-edge aerospace company famous for its many exotic aircraft, has flown for the first time on Aug. 29, 2024.
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was a twin-engine twin-boom racing aircraft developed for Bob Pond by Burt Rutan and his company Scaled Composites
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The Scaled Composites Model 281 Proteus
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Raptor (Model 226) (Scaled) 1993 = High-altitude, unmanned aircraft;
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is an American experimental aircraft, designed and produced by Scaled Composites
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built by Scaled Composites for Stratolaunch Systems
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is a twin-engine, business jet prototype designed and built by Burt Rutan's Scaled Composites for Beechcraft
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manufactured by Scaled Composites
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It was developed by Scaled Composites from 2007 to 2010
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Scaled Composites, Burt Rutan's aviation company
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Scaled Composites was selected to perform the structural design and fabrication for the demonstrator and the subsequent first production run of 29 vehicles.
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built by Burt Rutan's company, Scaled Composites
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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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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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Founded By: Burt Rutan, Business career: founding of Scaled CompositesQuote, Founded By: Burt Rutan, Business career: founding of Scaled Composites
In April 1982, Rutan founded Scaled Composites, LLC
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