Aurora Flight Sciences, a subsidiary of Boeing, is an aerospace company specializing in the development and manufacturing of advanced unmanned systems and aerospace vehicles. They are known for their work in autonomous systems, electric propulsion, and novel aircraft configurations, contributing to both commercial and defense applications. Aurora partners with organizations like NASA and Virgin Galactic, designing and building aircraft and components and undertaking research projects focused on sustainable aviation. Associated keywords: unmanned aerial systems (UAS), aerostructures manufacturing, autonomy, electric propulsion, NASA, Boeing.
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Virgin Galactic previously contracted Aurora Flight Sciences, a Boeing subsidiary, to produce new motherships, but that agreement fell apart and led to dueling lawsuits between Boeing and Virgin Galactic.
Aurora Flight Sciences first announced SKIRON-XLE, purpose-designed for long-range reconnaissance, in June 2024.
Aurora Flight Sciences plans to deliver SKIRON-XLE to customers in early 2025.
Aurora Flight Sciences and Boeing have advanced their high-speed, vertical lift concept to the preliminary design phase.
Aurora Flight Sciences recently completed the conceptual design review for a high-speed, vertical lift X-plane.
Work on the mothership developed by Aurora Flight Sciences stopped in 2023.
Virgin Galactic selected Aurora Flight Sciences, a subsidiary of Boeing, to develop its new mothership in 2022.
Boeing’s suit states that work on the mothership project ended in 2023 after Aurora Flight Sciences concluded the aircraft could not be built on the timeline or budget desired by Virgin Galactic.
Virgin Galactic selected Aurora Flight Sciences in July 2022 to build a replacement mothership aircraft for VMS Eve.
On 2022-07-06, Virgin Galactic selected Aurora Flight Sciences, a Boeing subsidiary, to produce major components of two aircraft that will be assembled at Virgin Galactic’s Mojave factory.
Virgin Galactic has signed an agreement with Aurora Flight Sciences, a Boeing company, to partner in the design and manufacturing of Virgin Galactic’s next generation motherships.
Aurora Flight Sciences was acquired by Boeing in 2017.
Virgin Galactic signed an agreement on 2022-07-06 with Boeing subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences to build two new carrier aircraft for its next-generation suborbital spaceplanes.