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Scaled Composites, LLC is an aerospace and specialty composites development company located in Mojave, California (about 80 miles north of Los Angeles).
Founded in 1982 by Burt 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 employees at Scaled come from a diverse background of talents, experience, and interests. This unique combination of individuals helps promote an innovative and creative atmosphere. Scaled offers the opportunity to pursue career and personal interests in a manner that can be found nowhere else by following one simple rule: have fun.
Founded in 1982 by Burt 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 employees at Scaled come from a diverse background of talents, experience, and interests. This unique combination of individuals helps promote an innovative and creative atmosphere. Scaled offers the opportunity to pursue career and personal interests in a manner that can be found nowhere else by following one simple rule: have fun.
Overview
Location
United States, California, Mojave
Employees
501-1000
Phone
+1 661-824-4541
Founded date
1982
Mentions in press and media 11
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| Aug 31, 2026 | JetZero Raises Up To $100M in Debt Funding | JetZero, a Long Beach, CA-based provider of all-wing commercial and defense aircraft, raised up to $100M in debt funding Backers included Pinegrove Credit Partners alongside Silicon Valley Bank. The company intends to use the funds to accel... |
| Mar 13, 2026 | Swarm Aero Secures $35M for Advanced UAV Swarm Technology | Swarm Aero secured $35 million in Series A funding. This boosts its total capital to $59 million. The company pioneers large uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) swarms. Funds fuel accelerated development and deployment of its innovative platform.... |
| Mar 12, 2026 | Swarm Aero: $35 Million Series A Raised For Large UAV Swarm Aircraft And Software | Swarm Aero, a developer of large uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) swarms, announced that it has raised $35 million in a Series A funding round led by Two Sigma Ventures and Silent Ventures. The round also included participation from existing i... |
| Sep 18, 2025 | The Pentagon’s new startup focus is pushing established companies to try new strategies | Decades-old defense contractors are leaning into the Pentagon’s new focus on startups, entwining themselves with emerging companies that have the technologies or even the contracts they seek. “We're making bets in advance on specific capabi... |
| May 5, 2025 | Beyond the Blue: How Space Tourism is Transforming Travel in 2025 | Share Share Share Share Email As we gaze upward at the night sky, the stars no longer represent distant, unreachable points of light. Instead, they beckon as potential destinations for the growing number of civilian space travellers setting... |
| Jul 12, 2012 | Virgin Galactic Takes A Few More Small Steps Toward The First Commercial Space Flight | Last year, when the Atlantis space shuttle ended its five million mile homecoming journey and landed on earth, it also ended 30 years of manned space exploration for NASA. Which is heartbreaking if you thought we’d be living on the moon by ... |
| Jun 5, 2012 | Private Aerospace Flying High as Dream Chaser Takes Off | Dream Chaser, a reusable space plane designed to carry astronauts to and from a low orbit, passed its first flight test last week. This isn’t a capsule or a light space tourism craft. It’s a rugged, streamlined, privately built successor to... |
| Jul 19, 2011 | Another flying car… and this one’s a hybrid | Aviation pioneer Burt Rutan’s final design for Scaled Composites is a roadable airplane with a hybrid powerplant: the BiPod 367. A pair of combustion engines drives generators that spin four electric-powered propellers. Lithium ion batterie... |
| Dec 22, 2008 | Virgin Galactic gets one flight closer to spaceflight success | Looking more like a bizarre Siamese twin (or beer-goggle double) than a real plane, the WhiteKnightTwo launch “mothership” took its maiden flight yesterday, and moved the world a little closer to a future in which the wealthy can soar far, ... |
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FAQ about Scaled Composites, LLC
When was Scaled Composites, LLC founded?
Scaled Composites, LLC was founded in 1982.
What has the press written about Scaled Composites, LLC?
Parsers VC has collected 11 articles mentioning Scaled Composites, LLC, among them “JetZero Raises Up To $100M in Debt Funding” (Aug 31, 2026) and “Swarm Aero Secures $35M for Advanced UAV Swarm Technology” (Mar 13, 2026).
Is Scaled Composites, LLC still active?
Yes, Scaled Composites, LLC is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Oct 18, 2026.