Scaled Composites, often called simply Scaled, is an American aerospace company founded by Burt Rutan and located at the Mojave Air and Space Port in California. It was established in 1982, bought by Beech Aircraft in 1985, sold back to Rutan in 1988 and later passed through Wyman-Gordon and Precision Castparts before Rutan and ten investors reacquired it; Northrop Grumman completed its acquisition of the company in August 2007. Founded to develop experimental aircraft, it now concentrates on concept craft and prototype fabrication processes, and is known for unconventional designs, composite materials and the Ansari X Prize winning spacecraft SpaceShipOne. Its designs include homebuilt aircraft such as the VariEze and the Long-EZ, which share a canard layout, winglets and a pusher propeller, and the Beechcraft Starship.
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is an American aerospace company
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Scaled Composites was established in 1982
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is an American aerospace company founded by Burt Rutan
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is an American aerospace company
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currently owned by Northrop Grumman
View the SourceRutan Long-EZ (Wikipedia)
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designed by Burt Rutan's Scaled Composites
Scaled Composites White Knight (Wikipedia)
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manufactured by Scaled Composites
SpaceShipOne (Wikipedia)
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developed and flown by Mojave Aerospace Ventures, which was a joint venture between Paul Allen and Scaled Composites
Scaled Composites Proteus (Wikipedia)
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The Scaled Composites Model 281 Proteus
Scaled Composites Stratolaunch (Wikipedia)
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built by Scaled Composites for Stratolaunch Systems
Scaled Composites ATTT (Wikipedia)
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is a technology demonstration aircraft built by Burt Rutan's Scaled Composites in 1986 under contract to DARPA
Scaled Composites Triumph (Wikipedia)
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is a twin-engine, business jet prototype designed and built by Burt Rutan's Scaled Composites for Beechcraft
Scaled Composites ARES (Wikipedia)
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is a demonstrator aircraft built by Scaled Composites
Scaled Composites Pond Racer (Wikipedia)
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was a twin-engine twin-boom racing aircraft developed for Bob Pond by Burt Rutan and his company Scaled Composites
Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer (Wikipedia)
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built by Burt Rutan's company, Scaled Composites
Scaled Composites Model 367 BiPod (Wikipedia)
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is an experimental flying car developed by Scaled Composites
Scaled Composites 401 (Wikipedia)
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is an American experimental aircraft, designed and produced by Scaled Composites
SpaceShipTwo (Wikipedia)
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The Scaled Composites Model 339 SpaceShipTwo (SS2)
Scaled Composites White Knight Two (Wikipedia)
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It was developed by Scaled Composites from 2007 to 2010
Aerofiles: Rutan, includes Scaled Composites (Aerofiles)
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Raptor (Model 226) (Scaled) 1993 = High-altitude, unmanned aircraft;
Aviation International News: Swift: Looking Back on the Forgotten T-X Contender
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Scaled Composites has quietly revealed more details of its Model 400 Swift proof-of-concept aircraft.
Scarab (Scaled Composites)
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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.
The Aviationist: Scaled Composites' Model 437 Vanguard Has Flown For The First Time
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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.
GlobalSecurity.org: Pulsed detonation engine flies into history
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Scaled Composites, Inc. for vehicle integration and flight testing.
Northrop Grumman Firebird (Wikipedia)
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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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