Founded in 1982 by Burt Rutan, Scaled has broad experience in air vehicle design, tooling and manufacturing, specialty composite structure design, analysis and fabrication, and developmental flight tests of air and space vehicles.
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Model 97 is a two-place, side-by-side airplane of the 300 lb empty weight class. It has a slightly swept-back canard forward and swept back wings with winglets at the tips.
A subscale version of an eleven-place, twin turboprop, high-performance business aircraft developed for Beech Aircraft Corporation.
The Model 133-4.62 ATTT proof-of-concept demonstrator is a 62% scaled version of an airplane designed to challenging STOL and long range requirements.
The all-composite Triumph, an 8,500 lb, pressurized 8-place business aircraft, was designed around the brand-new, never flown, Williams FJ-44 turbofan engine.
Scaled did the structural design, tooling, fabrication, and static testing of an 85 ft span and a 108 ft span rigid sail/airfoil for the America’s Cup Challenge Race.
The ARES, Scaled Model 151, was designed initially in response to a U.S. Army request for a Low Cost Battlefield Attack Aircraft (LCBAA).
The Advanced Engineering Staff of General Motors designed a technology demonstration vehicle called the Ultralite, an automobile with interior room capable of seating four full size adults, and with excellent visibility, handling, performance, emissions and fuel consumption.
The Raptor Demonstrator high-altitude, long endurance, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) program was conducted under a contract from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to Scaled Composites, LLC.
In early 1993, Jim Rice and Tom Stark of the fledgling VisionAire Corporation visited Scaled with conceptual designs for a new single-engine business jet.
Walled Lake, Michigan, June 23, 1997 -- Williams International today announced that its all-composite, turbofan- powered "V-JET II" light aircraft is on schedule for its July 31 fly-in and follow-on demonstration flights and exhibition at the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) convention at Oshkosh, July 30 to August 5, 1997.
Proteus is a twin-turbofan, high-altitude, multi-mission aircraft powered by Williams International FJ44-2E engines.
The Model 309 is a proof-of-concept aircraft built for Adam Aircraft Industries.
The GlobalFlyer is a single seat, turbofan powered airplane designed to fly around the world nonstop, unrefueled, with a solo pilot.
SpaceShipOne, the first private manned spacecraft, is a three-place, high-altitude research rocket.
White Knight is a three-place, high-altitude, flexible and capable research aircraft.
The Model 326 aircraft (or Pegasus X-47A) is an unmanned aerial vehicle built for Northrop Grumman.
SpaceShipTwo will be powered by a unique hybrid rocket motor, which is currently under development.
WhiteKnightTwo, or Eve, is the mothership and launch platform for SpaceShipTwo.
News
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Inaugural flight of SpaceShipTwo marks a major milestone
World’s First Commercial Spaceship Takes Inaugural Flight ... More - 12/07/2009
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Virgin Galactic Unveils SpaceShipTwo
SpaceShipTwo (SS2) and its mothership, WhiteKnightTwo (WK2) herald a new era in commercial space flight. ... More - 10/06/2009
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WK1 & WK2 Participate in Edwards AFB Airshow
Scaled Composites’ WhiteKnightOne and WhiteKnightTwo aircraft will be making a rare public appearance at the Edwards Air Force Base “Flight Test Nation 2009” Air Show and Open House on October 17, 2009. ... More - 10/01/2009
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Peter Siebold Receives 2009 Iven C. Kincheloe Award
Peter Siebold, Scaled Composites’ Director of Flight Operations, was the recipient of the Society of Experimental Pilot’s prestigious Iven C. Kincheloe award on Saturday, September 26, 2009. ... More - 06/17/2009
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N2O Safety Guidelines
Scaled Composites shares this information in order to help facilitate the industry’s use of N2O as a rocket motor oxidizer in as safe a manner as practical. ... More - 05/28/2009
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Successful SpaceShipTwo Rocket Motor Testing
Virgin Galactic today announces the successful completion of the first phase of tests of the rocket motor that will propel space tourists, scientists and payloads into space. ... More - 04/23/2009
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WhiteKnightTwo Flight Test Program Update
Scaled Composites has historically not released technical status information of its flight test programs while the tests are being conducted. ... More - 12/23/2008
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WhiteKnightTwo Makes First Flight
The WhiteKnightTwo, Scaled Model 348, made its first flight on 21 December 2008. ... More - 08/15/2008
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SpaceDev Joins SpaceShipTwo Team
SpaceDev, Inc. (OTCBB: SPDV) announced today that it has signed a multi-year contract with Scaled Composites, to assist Scaled in the development of a production rocket motor for the first commercial space vehicle designed for space tourism called SpaceShipTwo. ... More - 08/01/2008
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Accident Investigation Update
The rocket oxidizer cold-flow test accident of 26 July 2007 at Scaled Composites was a devastating event. ... More - 07/28/2008
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Virgin Galactic Rolls Out Mothership “Eve”
Virgin Founder, Sir Richard Branson and SpaceShipOne designer, Burt Rutan, today pulled back the hangar doors on the new WhiteKnightTwo (WK2) carrier aircraft that will ferry SpaceShipTwo and thousands of private astronauts, science packages and payload on the first stage of the Virgin Galactic sub‐orbital space experience. ... More - 06/04/2008
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Doug Shane Named President of Scaled Composites; Burt Rutan to Continue with Company as
Scaled Composites LLC has announced that Douglas B. Shane has been appointed President and will assume responsibility for day-to-day operations of the company. ... More - 01/23/2008
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Virgin Galactic Unveils WhiteKnightTwo and SpaceShipTwo
Virgin Galactic herald’s ‘The Year of the Spaceship' with the unveiling of the designs of SpaceShipTwo and WhiteKnightTwo. ... More - 03/03/2005
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GlobalFlyer Completes Solo around the World Flight
Scaled Composites would like to congratulate Steve Fossett and his team on his latest world-record milestone! ... More - 10/04/2004
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SpaceShipOne Flies Again Within 14 Days - Wins $10M X PRIZE
On October 4, 2004, SpaceShipOne rocketed into history, becoming the first private manned spacecraft to exceed an altitude of 328,000 feet twice within the span of a 14 day period, thus claiming the ten million dollar Ansari X-Prize. ... More - 09/29/2004
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SpaceShipOne Surpasses 100 Km on First X PRIZE Flight
September 29, 2004: At 8:13 this morning PDT, SpaceShipOne (SS1) coasted above the 100 km altitude point and successfully completed the first of two X-Prize flights. ... More - 06/21/2004
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SpaceShipOne Makes History: First Private Manned Mission to Space
The world witnessed the dawn of a new space age today, as investor and philanthropist Paul G. Allen and Scaled Composites launched the first private manned vehicle beyond the Earth’s atmosphere. ... More - 12/17/2003
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SpaceShipOne Breaks the Sound Barrier
Today, a significant milestone was achieved by Scaled Composites: The first manned supersonic flight by an aircraft developed by a small company's private, non-government effort. ... More - 04/23/2001
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Proteus Completes Pacific, Polar Mission
Scaled Composites' Proteus high-altitude aircraft has completed a five-week government science mission throughout the Pacific Rim ... More - 09/23/1998
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Proteus, A High-Altitude, Multi-Mission Aircraft
This morning Aerospace Officials from Industry and Government witnessed the unveiling of a new, special-purpose aircraft in a dramatic flight demonstration at the Mojave Airport Civilian Flight Test Center ... More
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Scaled’s newest spaceship, SpaceShipTwo, begins test flights in Mojave.
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SpaceShipTwo Completes Manned Captive Carry Flight
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