Boeing drops out of DARPA spaceplane program
Posted: Sat, Jan 25, 2020, 11:33 AM ET (1633 GMT)
Boeing has dropped out of a DARPA program to develop an experimental reusable spaceplane. DARPA said Wednesday that Boeing informed the agency it was immediately discontinuing work on the Experimental Spaceplane Program, which was to develop a reusable suborbital spaceplane designed to fly 10 times in 10 days. Boeing won a 2017 DARPA competition, in the form of an other transaction authority award that required Boeing to also contribute its own funding, to develop and test what Boeing called Phantom Express. DARPA envisioned using the vehicle, equipped with an expendable upper stage, to place smallsats into orbit affordably and responsively.
Boeing has dropped out of a DARPA program to develop an experimental reusable spaceplane. DARPA said Wednesday that Boeing informed the agency it was immediately discontinuing work on the Experimental Spaceplane Program, which was to develop a reusable suborbital spaceplane designed to fly 10 times in 10 days. Boeing won a 2017 DARPA competition, in the form of an other transaction authority award that required Boeing to also contribute its own funding, to develop and test what Boeing called Phantom Express. DARPA envisioned using the vehicle, equipped with an expendable upper stage, to place smallsats into orbit affordably and responsively.
Related Links:
| <<previous article | next article>> |
|
news in brief
|
|
|
|
news links
|
|
Wednesday, January 15
Latest Moon Mission Is Old, New, Borrowed, and Blue
Eos — 5:04 am ET (1004 GMT) SSC Supports Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost Mission to the Moon
SSC — 5:04 am ET (1004 GMT) Public input sought for Elon Musk’s SpaceX plans to splash down in Hawaii waters
HawaiiNewsNow — 5:00 am ET (1000 GMT) Texas and Hawaii residents are outraged over SpaceX's new Starship ambitions
Houston Chronicle — 4:59 am ET (0959 GMT) Qantas flight delays due to re-entry of SpaceX rockets
NEWS.com.au — 4:59 am ET (0959 GMT) |
