SpaceWorks Engineering to Examine Innovative Vehicle Concepts for Air Force

By Space Daily Editorial Team · Editorial process

Published November 12, 2003 · Updated March 16, 2026

Engineering consulting firm SpaceWorks Engineering, Inc. (SEI) has been selected by the United States Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio to explore new concepts for future military reusable launch vehicles (RLVs) and spaceplanes that can benefit from AFRL’s ongoing research into combined-cycle hypersonic propulsion engines.

SEI will establish baseline spaceplane concepts and perform a full life-cycle engineering analysis.

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