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, is aimed at developing rocket cargo solutions that can deliver aid as well as military cargo. Neither the U.S Air Force nor SpaceX has so far provided any information regarding which specific rockets will be used for the program. However, that the Department of Defense wants to develop the capability to quickly deliver humanitarian aid anywhere in the world using specially adapted launch vehicles.
The program aims to"determine exactly what a rocket can achieve when used for cargo transport, what is the true capacity, speed, and cost of the integrated system," Spanjers said.As disaster sites most often won't have commercial spaceports nearby, the Air Force is looking to develop a range of different cargo delivery methods from space.
With that in mind, Spanjers said the Air Force will also look to provide contracts to other rocket firms in the future, in order to provide healthy competition for the development of ground-based space cargo delivery technologies. One company that springs to mind is California-based Rocket Lab, which recently unveiled an innovativeSpaceX has recently won several high-profile contracts, including a
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