DARPA's answer to this crisis was to create a concept for a space plane called the XS-1 that could put satellites into orbit (up to 3,000-lb. or 1,360-kilogram payloads) or service existing ...

Scott Wierzbanowski, experimental space plane program manager at DARPA, described it as a “launch on demand” kind of service, in which smaller satellites could be taken to a specific orbit ...

The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has picked Boeing to design and build the XS-1 military space plane, a robotic spacecraft for launching small satellites.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded Boeing a contract to build its spaceplane in an effort to make launching space satellites cheaper and easier.

An XS-1 space plane would also be much faster than NASA's just-retired shuttles. DARPA's pitch to potential designers is that the new machine be capable of hypersonic flight -- in this case, a ...

The U.S. military's plans to build a satellite-launching robotic space plane are moving forward. On May 23, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) put out its official call for ...

DARPA just announced it's one step closer to building a hypersonic space plane By Paul Szoldra 2017-05-24T16:22:59Z ...

DARPA takes on space plane project Space.com: NASA has transferred its X-37 technology demonstration program to the Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, which plans drop tests ...

Launching satellites into orbit could get a lot cheaper thanks to an experimental space plane. SEE ALSO: NASA's new space fabric looks like chain mail and can protect astronauts This week, the ...

DARPA initiated the space plane development program in 2013, and chose Boeing over Northrop Grumman and Masten Space Systems to become the lead contractor for Phases II and III in 2017. The public ...

Boeing's Phantom Express XS-1 space plane design is shown in launch position in this artist's concept. The autonomous spacecraft is designed to launch vertically, deploy a second stage payload ...

DARPA's answer to this crisis was to create a concept for a space plane called the XS-1 that could put satellites into orbit (up to 3,000-lb. or 1,360-kilogram payloads) or service existing ...