Scaled Composites
Scaled Composites aircraft

Scaled Composites

Section Title: Scaled Composites aircraft
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Model	Name	First Flight	Description

115	Beechcraft Starship	1982	85% scale prototype, twin-turboprop, canard business aircraft

B-2 Spirit	Scale model for radar cross-section tests of the stealth bomber

133	ATTT	1986	STOL, tandem-wing transport demonstrator

143	Triumph	1988	Three-surface, twin-engine very light jet prototype for Beechcraft

IAI Searcher	1992	larger AAI RQ-2 Pioneer reconnaissance UAV

Model TRA324 Scarab	1992	Reconnaissance UAV for Teledyne Ryan (Northrop Grumman since 1999)

DC-X	1993	structural aeroshell and control surfaces for McDonnell Douglas

151	ARES	1990	single-jet Close Air Support demonstrator

Pegasus rocket	1990	Wings and fins for Orbital ATK

158	Pond Racer	1990	twin-boom air racer

Bell Eagle Eye	1998	UAV tiltrotor demonstrator for Bell Helicopter

205/206	1991 designs for airlaunch of a booster rocket heavier than 500,000 lb (230 t)

247	Vantage	1996	prototype single-engine very light jet for VisionAire

271	V-Jet II	1997	single jet demonstrator for Williams International

276	NASA X-38	1998	fuselage of experimental emergency re-entry vehicle for the ISS

281	Proteus	1998	High-Altitude Long Endurance twinjet with tandem wings

Roton ATV	1999	Fuselage for the Rotary Rocket concept of a reusable SSTO manned spacecraft

287	NASA ERAST Program	proof of concept model for 85,000 ft (26,000 m) UAV

309	M-309 CarbonAero	2000	Piston push-pull six-seater prototype for the Adam A500

326	X-47A Pegasus	2001	Northrop Grumman Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle demonstrator

302	Toyota TA-1	2002	prototype general aviation four-seater for Toyota

316	SpaceShipOne	2003	experimental sub-orbital ship for air launch, within Tier One

318	White Knight	2003	twinjet mother ship for SpaceShipOne derived from Proteus

311	Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer	2004	Solo Jet aircraft for nonstop circumnavigation

339	SpaceShipTwo	2008	Virgin Galactic's air-launched Sub-orbital ship for space tourism

348	White Knight Two	2008	quadjet mother ship lifting the SpaceShipTwo to altitude

351	Stratolaunch	2019	built for Stratolaunch Systems to carry air launch to orbit rockets, largest aircraft by wingspan

367	BiPod	2011	experimental hybrid electric flying car

395	Proteus development	Proposed unmanned and armed version for the USAF Hunter-Killer program

396	RQ-4 Global Hawk variant	Smaller, armed version of the RQ-4 Global Hawk for the USAF Hunter-Killer program

400	Swift	2016	jet trainer contender for the T-X program

LauncherOne	2019	air launch to orbit rocket under development for Virgin Orbit

SpaceShipThree	orbital spaceplane concept proposed by Virgin Galactic

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Scaled Composites Model 351, is being built for Stratolaunch Systems to provide a platform from which air-launch space missions can be staged.

final_sentence: Scaled Composites Model 351, is being built for Stratolaunch Systems to provide a platform from which air-launch space missions can be staged.