Currently six groups of companies are competing in Phase 1 of DARPA's RASCAL program. The lead company of each group is listed below:
- Northrop Grumman
- Coleman Research Corporation
- Pioneer Rocketplane
- Delta-Velocity
- Space Access
- Space Launch Corporation
Each group is currently working on a System Definition proposal to go forward into the Design phase. Only two of these six groups of companies will be selected in the Phase 2 down select to perform a full design, and then one group of companies will be selected to go to Phase 3, Fabrication.
The program solicitation for the RASCAL program can be found at:
http://www.darpa.mil/tto/rascal/rascal_ps_final.pdf
April 19, 2002
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