Scaled Composites’ Model 437 Vanguard returns to flight, expanding its envelope ahead of Northrop Grumman’s Beacon autonomy flight testing. The Scaled Composites Model 437 Vanguard has resumed flight ...

Developed as an unmanned loyal wingman, the Model 437 performed the first flight with a cockpit and Scaled Composites’ Brian Maisler at the commands. The new Model 437 aircraft by Scaled Composites, ...

It was quickly identified as the Scaled Composites Model 351 Stratolaunch or 'Roc' used to air-launch-to-orbit rockets, and subsequently repurposed to offer air launch hypersonic flight tests.

The Model 437 test pilot reported that the aircraft’s flying and handling qualities were good on the first flight. Credit: Scaled Composites The latest in a long line of experimental Scaled Composites ...