Stratolaunch's Boeing 747-400 was photographed at Mojave carrying an unidentified rocket under its left wing, accompanied by a chase aircraft - signaling an undisclosed test program.
TowerStratolaunch is adding a Boeing 777 to its carrier fleet, expanding hypersonic test capacity by 35% as U.S. defense programs compete for flight-test infrastructure.
TowerStratolaunch has acquired a Boeing 777-200ER to expand its hypersonic air-launch test fleet alongside the Roc, signaling serious program growth.
TowerThe Roc - the world's largest aircraft by wingspan at 385 feet - is now America's mobile hypersonic test platform for critical Department of Defense programs.
VectorHow Stratolaunch turned Roc, the widest airplane ever built, into a reusable hypersonic test platform flying Talon A vehicles past Mach 5.
VectorInside Stratolaunch's Roc, the widest airplane ever built, and how it became a reusable runway in the sky for hypersonic flight testing.
VectorStratolaunch's Roc, the largest-wingspan aircraft ever flown, now drops reusable Talon-A vehicles into hypersonic flight for U.S. defense testing.
VectorRoc, the world's largest airplane by wingspan, was built to launch satellites but now drops hypersonic test vehicles for the US military.
VectorHow Stratolaunch's Roc, the world's largest airplane, pivoted from orbital rockets to launching America's fastest hypersonic test vehicles.
VectorThe Stratolaunch Roc, the largest-wingspan aircraft ever flown, now serves as a reusable hypersonic testbed after its orbital-launch mission failed.
VectorStratolaunch's Roc, the widest airplane ever built at 385 feet, now air-launches the Talon-A hypersonic vehicle past Mach 5.
VectorRadio Hangar explores Stratolaunch's Roc and the Talon-A, the Six-Engine Twin-Fuselage Giant That Air-Drops a Reusable Hypersonic Testbed Over the Pacific.
VectorHow air-launch to orbit works, why Pegasus still flies, and why dropping a rocket off a wing is harder and pricier than it sounds.
VectorHow Stratolaunch's giant Roc aircraft and reusable Talon-A vehicle revived air-launch to close America's hypersonic testing gap.
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