Author: Brenda Marie Rivers|| Date Published: October 14, 2019
Stratolaunch Systems, a space transportation venture established by the late Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) co-founder Paul Allen, now operates under an undisclosed entity following transition of ownership from Allens Seattle-based company Vulcan.
Stratolaunch said Friday it aims to launch reusable testbed vehicles through a carrier aircraft and provide related flight support to customers.
The company conducted the first flight of the 500K-pound Stratolaunch plane built in partnership with Northrop Grummans (NYSE: NOC) Scaled Composites business. The all-composite aircraft is designed to carry rockets and has been designated as the world’s largest plane.
Melissa Bischoping, senior director of security and product design research at Tanium, said adopting agentic artificial intelligence and other autonomous…