Starfighters Space Partners With Exos Aerospace To Pursue Opportunities Through U.S. Air Force’s Arnold Engineering Development Complex Velocity Alliance
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The Velocity Alliance is an enterprise-level acquisition vehicle established by AEDC and the Air Force Test Center to accelerate the sustainment, restoration and modernization of critical U.S. aerospace test
The Velocity Alliance is an enterprise-level acquisition vehicle established by AEDC and the Air Force Test Center to accelerate the sustainment, restoration and modernization of critical U.S. aerospace test infrastructure, including for hypersonic technologies. The Air Force has described the Alliance as a pre-qualified, competitive ecosystem of industry partners capable of supporting a multibillion-dollar portfolio of infrastructure projects.
Exos Aerospace submitted a white paper under the Alliance’s second onboarding opportunity, Solicitation FA9101-26-9-Velocity_Alliance, naming Starfighters as its external teaming partner. Exos Aerospace has informed Starfighters that the Air Force Test Center evaluated the white paper as technically acceptable. The Exos team is now completing the remaining onboarding requirements for Alliance participation.
Starfighters’ F-104 aircraft can be configured to carry test articles and payloads through high-speed atmospheric flight conditions, supporting research, development, test and evaluation (RDT&E) of aerospace and defense technologies. A typical 45-minute Starfighters mission can include up to approximately 10 minutes at Mach 2+.