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Boeing, DARPA to Hold XS-1 Spaceplane Flight Tests, Launch Operations at Cape Canaveral


TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 16, 2017 ” Boeing (NYSE: BA) will work with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to hold flight tests on a company-built unmanned reusable suborbital spaceplane at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday.

Spaceflight Now reported Tuesday that Boeing and DARPA have selected Cape Canaveral as the base for flight tests as well as future launch operations for the XS-1 spaceplane called Phantom Express.

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