Assembly has been completed on the first test engine that will power DARPA's Boeing-built, next generation spaceplane. Built by Aerojet Rocketdyne , the first updated AR-22 rocket engine for the ...

Earlier this month, Boeing and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced that they hope to build a new space plane to quickly carry satellites and other payloads into orbit.

THE US Military has agreed to pay Boeing more than £100 million to build an experimental hypersonic place which will allow secret space missions to be launched on a daily basis. Boeing has dubbed the ...

Aerojet Rocketdyne has completed assembly of its first AR-22 rocket engine built for Boeing (NYSE:BA) as part of the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Experimental Spaceplane ...

The legacy of the space shuttle and X-37B will come together in Phantom Express, the reusable launch vehicle that Boeing is to build and fly under Darpa’s XS-1 experimental spaceplanes program. Boeing ...

Boeing and Aerojet Rocketdyne successfully test-fired a space shuttle-era engine 10 times in 10 days, demonstrating the rapid turnaround capability critical to the Phantom Express, a reusable ...

The Pentagon has given Boeing approval to build and test its reusable military XS-1 spaceplane, which will be capable of launching into space at short notice. The go-ahead was given by DARPA (Defense ...

New unmanned craft the size of a passenger jet will 'bolster national security by providing short-notice, low-cost access to space' THE US Military has agreed to pay Boeing more than £100 million to ...