Scaled Outlines Vanguard Test Plan To Ready For Beacon

Scaled Composites Model 437 Vanguard

Scaled Composites Model 437 Vanguard.

Credit: Scaled Composites
Scaled Composites says following an initial envelope expansion flight on Sept. 20, further flight tests of its Model 437 Vanguard are “coming up soon” to prepare it for work as an autonomous testbed. Before its recent flight, the V-tail aircraft – which made its first flight at Mojave Air and Space...
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