Scaled Composites

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aerospace company aircraft manufacturer

Scaled Composites is an American aerospace company renowned for designing and building innovative experimental aircraft and spacecraft, including SpaceShipOne.

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Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	aerospace company → aircraft manufacturer →
acquiredBy	Northrop Grumman →
acquisitionDate	2007 →
awardReceived	Ansari X Prize (through SpaceShipOne team) →
basedAt	Mojave Air and Space Port →
collaboratedWith	Paul Allen → Scaled Composites LLC partners for Stratolaunch Systems → Virgin Galactic →
country	United States →
designed	Model 281 Proteus → Model 351 Stratolaunch → Rutan Voyager → SpaceShipOne → SpaceShipTwo prototype → Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer →
focus	low-volume production of specialized aircraft → prototype aircraft design → research and development of advanced aerospace concepts →
foundedBy	Burt Rutan →
founder	Burt Rutan →
hasSubsidiaryRole	R&D center within Northrop Grumman →
headquartersLocation	Mojave Air and Space Port → Mojave, California →
inception	1982 →
industry	aerospace → experimental aircraft → spacecraft →
keyPerson	Burt Rutan → Doug Shane →
legalForm	corporation →
locatedInTimeZone	Pacific Time Zone →
notableAchievement	developed the first privately funded crewed spacecraft to reach space → won the Ansari X Prize with SpaceShipOne →
notableWork	GlobalFlyer → Model 318 White Knight → Model 348 WhiteKnightTwo → Proteus → Rutan Voyager → SpaceShipOne → Stratolaunch carrier aircraft → White Knight → WhiteKnightTwo →
parentOrganization	Northrop Grumman →
specializesIn	composite materials → experimental flight test programs → unconventional aircraft configurations →
website	https://www.scaled.com/ →

Referenced by (16)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Model 318 White Knight → SpaceShipOne → White Knight → WhiteKnightTwo →	manufacturer
White Knight → WhiteKnightTwo →	developer
SpaceShipOne → White Knight →	operator
Mojave Air and Space Port → Mojave Air and Space Port ("Virgin Galactic (early development and testing)") →	tenant
White Knight ("Scaled Composites White Knight family") →	aircraftFamily
White Knight →	airframer
WhiteKnightTwo ("Scaled Composites Model 348") →	alsoKnownAs
Scaled Composites ("Ansari X Prize (through SpaceShipOne team)") →	awardReceived
Burt Rutan →	employer
Burt Rutan →	founded