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  • DARPA Unveils Unmanned Spaceplane Program's 2nd Phase - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Unveils Unmanned Spaceplane Program’s 2nd Phase

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and its industry partners will transition into the second phase of a program to build a reusable unmanned spaceplane that can carry satellites into space. DARPA said Thursday it will hold a proposers day April 29 in Arlington, Virginia for phase two of Experimental Spaceplane-1, a program to develop a spaceplane that can carry payloads […] More

  • DARPA Gives Additional Spaceplane Development Funds to Boeing, Northrop, Masten - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Gives Additional Spaceplane Development Funds to Boeing, Northrop, Masten

    The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded Boeing, Northrop Grumman and Masten Space Systems around $19.5 million in contract funds to continue building prototype robotic spaceplanes, Space.com reported Friday. Mike Wall writes the three companies moved into phase 1B of the agency’s Experimental Spaceplane-1 development initiative. Boeing and Northrop received $4 million each […] More