Overview
Headquarters
Mojave, California
Scaled Composites, LLC is an aerospace and specialty composites development company located in Mojave, California (about 80 miles north of Los Angeles). Founded in 1982 by Burt Rutan, Scaled has broad experience in air vehicle design, tooling and manufacturing, specialty composite structure design, analysis and fabrication, and developmental flight tests of air and space vehicles. The employees at Scaled come from a diverse background of talents, experience, and interests. This unique combination of individuals helps promote an innovative and creative atmosphere. Scaled offers the opportunity to pursue career and personal interests in a manner that can be found nowhere else by following one simple rule: have fun. Scaled Composites, LLC is an aerospace and specialty composites development company located in Mojave, California (about 80 miles north of Scaled Composites, LLC is an aerospace and specialty composites development company located in Mojave, California (about 80 miles north of Los Angeles). Founded in 1982 by Burt Rutan, Scaled has broad experience in air vehicle design, tooling and manufacturing, specialty composite structure design, analysis and fabrication, and developmental flight tests of air and space vehicles. The employees at Scaled come from a diverse background of talents, experience, and interests. This unique combination of individuals helps promote an innovative and creative atmosphere. Scaled offers the opportunity to pursue career and personal interests in a manner that can be found nowhere else by following one simple rule: have fun. Aircraft Research & Development (Mfrs) A century after Wilbur Wright attained powered flight, Burt Rutan and Scaled Composites made the first privately funded supersonic manned flight. In May 2004 the company's SpaceShipOne reached the lower levels of space (64 km above Earth), and in June it reached outer space (100 km). In September 2004 SpaceShipOne repeated the feat -- with the weight of two additional passengers -- and in October of that year it successfully completed another flight to space, thus claiming the $10 million Ansari X-Prize, which required that a privately funded three-person craft successfully go 100 km into space and repeat the feat within two weeks. The company offers services such as fabrication, flight testing, and simulation. Try D&B Hoovers Free A century after Wilbur Wright attained powered flight, Burt Rutan and Scaled Composites made the first privately funded supersonic manned flight. In May 2004 the company's SpaceShipOne reached the lower levels of space (64 km above Earth), and in June it reached outer space (100 km). In September 2004 SpaceShipOne repeated the feat -- with the weight of two additional passengers -- and in October of that year it successfully completed another flight to space, thus claiming the $10 million Ansari X-Prize, which required that a privately funded three-person craft successfully go 100 km into space and repeat the feat within two weeks. The company offers services such as fabrication, flight testing, and simulation.