rutan scaled has broad experience in air vehicle design tooling and manufacturing specialty composite structure design analysis and fabrication and developmental flight tests of air and space vehicles . the management team ben diachun president cory bird executive vice president chief technology officer bob withrow vice president engineering luke goossen vice president manufacturing operations peter siebold vice president flight operations patti bird vice president business operations jason kelley vice president manufacturing support trish mills vice president shared services mark taylor vice president chief financial officer burt rutan founder chairman emeritus breakthroughs are what define our species . scaled overview video news projects model 97 microlight model 97 is a two place side by side airplane of the 300 lb empty weight class . it has a slightly swept back canard forward and swept back wings with winglets at the tips . model 115 starship a subscale version of an eleven place twin turboprop high performance business aircraft developed for beech aircraft corporation . model 133 attt the model 133 4.62 attt proof of concept demonstrator is a 62 % scaled version of an airplane designed to challenging stol and long range requirements . model 143 triumph the all composite triumph an 8 500 lb pressurized 8 place business aircraft was designed around the brand new never flown williams fj 44 turbofan engine . model h1 h2 stars & stripes scaled did the structural design tooling fabrication and static testing of an 85 ft span and a 108 ft span rigid sail airfoil for the america s cup challenge race . model 151 ares the ares scaled model 151 was designed initially in response to a u.s. army request for a low cost battlefield attack aircraft lcbaa . general motors ultralite show car the advanced engineering staff of general motors designed a technology demonstration vehicle called the ultralite an automobile with interior room capable of seating four full size adults and with excellent visibility handling performance emissions and fuel consumption . model 226 raptor the raptor demonstrator high altitude long endurance unmanned aerial vehicle uav program was conducted under a contract from lawrence livermore national laboratory to scaled composites llc . model 247 visionaire vantage in early 1993 jim rice and tom stark of the fledgling visionaire corporation visited scaled with conceptual designs for a new single engine business jet . model 271 v jet ii walled lake michigan june 23 1997 williams international today announced that its all composite turbofan powered v jet ii light aircraft is on schedule for its july 31 fly in and follow on demonstration flights and exhibition at the experimental aircraft association eaa convention at oshkosh july 30 to august 5 1997 . model 281 proteus proteus is a twin turbofan high altitude multi mission aircraft powered by williams international fj44 2e engines . model 309 adam m 309 the model 309 is a proof of concept aircraft built for adam aircraft industries . model 311 virgin atlantic globalflyer the globalflyer is a single seat turbofan powered airplane designed to fly around the world nonstop unrefueled with a solo pilot . model 316 spaceshipone spaceshipone the first private manned spacecraft is a three place high altitude research rocket . model 318 white knight white knight is a three place high altitude flexible and capable research aircraft . model 326 northrop grumman x 47a the model 326 aircraft or pegasus x 47a is an unmanned aerial vehicle built for northrop grumman . model 339 spaceshiptwo spaceshiptwo will be powered by a unique hybrid rocket motor which is currently under development . model 348 whiteknighttwo whiteknighttwo or eve is the mothership and launch platform for spaceshiptwo . model 355 firebird firebird is an optionally piloted intelligence gathering aircraft system . model 367 bipod bipod is a hybrid gasoline electric roadable aircraft . model 351 stratolaunch stratolaunch is a mobile launch system with three primary components . services conceptual design aerodynamic analysis and design structural analysis and design tooling fabrication structural testing flight testing simulation careers gallery stratolaunch stratolaunch is a mobile launch system with three primary components . model351 the stratolaunch carrier aircraft currently in development by scaled will be the largest aircraft ever flown . the airlaunch system will provide orbital access to space with greater safety cost effectiveness and flexibility . ... more triumph the all composite triumph an 8 500 lb pressurized 8 place business aircraft was designed around the brand new never flown williams fj 44 turbofan engine . model143 the subsequent test program which consisted of over 100 hours of flight tests confirmed the performance and operating characteristics of both the airplane and the engines . ... more virgin atlantic globalflyer this record breaking single place aviation marvel features two external booms flanking a center pod where the pilot sits on top of which is the aircraft s powerhouse a williams turbofan jet engine . model311 the globalflyer was designed to circumnavigate the globe with the hopes of setting new aviation records . not only did it allow adventurer steve fossett to fly around the world without stopping or refueling it did so at a record breaking time . fossett then went on to break the long distance flight record set by dick rutan and jeanna yeager . globalflyer now resides in the national air and space museum s steven f. udvar hazy center . ... more white knight initially developed to provide a launch platform at 50 000 ft for spaceshipone white knight is a three place high altitude flexible and capable research aircraft . model318 the aircraft s high thrust to weight ratio enormous speed brakes and common aircraft systems allowed astronauts in training to practice spaceshipone flight maneuvers like approach and landing in a realistic environment . white knight launched spaceshipone 14 times including the first privately funded human spaceflight . the final launch on october 4 2004 won the 10 million ansari x prize . ... more aerodynamicist avionics engineer composite design engineer composite structural analyst mechanical design engineer test pilot view more ... find your career 2014 scaled composites llc . all rights reserved . site credits terms & conditions contact us