France Expands Backing For Dassault Spaceplane Effort

Credit: Robert Wall/AWST
Credit: Robert Wall/AWST
PARIS—French President Emmanuel Macron said his government would provide backing to Dassault Aviation’s Vortex-S orbital spaceplane. He made the commitment during the International Space Summit. The backing comes on top of France was backing work on Vortex-D, the 4-meter-long (13 ft.) demonstrator...
Robert Wall

Robert Wall is Executive Editor for Defense and Space. Based in London, he directs a team of military and space journalists across the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific.

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