On-board, scientists and engineers will test futuristic sensors and communications for the Future Combat Air System that the UK and its international partners are developing to fly into service in 2035. The program will see the partners completely overhaul a commercial airliner, turning it into a flying laboratory for combat air technology. The use of flight-tested spacecraft and hardware provides a very cost effective and time saving approach to the space transportation business.ROME - Leonardo has placed the latest in a series of contracts with UK-based aviation services company 2Excel to commence the next stage of the Tempest flight test aircraft (FTA) program. The designer has stated the RRVs can be reused at least 15 times.
The RRVs have been to orbit and reentered the earth’s atmosphere nine times. Excalibur Almaz owns four Reusable Reentry Vehicles (RRVs) and two space stations purchased from NPO Mashinostroyenia (NPOM) of Russia. Our main partners include NPOM, United Space Alliance (USA), EADS Space Transportation (Astrium) and NASA on their Commercial Cargo & Crew Program through a Space Act Agreement (SAA).
Since its formation in 2005, Excalibur has been working towards completion of our human space transportation program for science, sovereign nations and tourist. Finally, by human-rating its H-II rockets and combining it with Excalibur Almaz’s flight-tested Reusable Return Vehicles, Japan would possess a complete human transportation service. Additionally, Excalibur Almaz can offer JAXA added orbital destinations using its Salyut-class space stations for microgravity research and human space flight. With regular cargo and crew transportation services Japan would be in better position to maximize the full potential of its Kibo Module on the International Space Station. The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency's (JAXA) Vision 2025 priorities of stimulating and expanding its aerospace industry base in alignment with strategic national policies can greatly benefit from Excalibur Almaz’s turn-key space transportation services.
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